Author: United States. Office of Education. Division of Higher EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Case Book, Education Beyond the High School
Author: United States. Office of Education. Division of Higher EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Case against Education
Author: Bryan CaplanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691201439
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education Despite being immensely popular—and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. Now with a new afterword by Bryan Caplan, this explosive book argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skills but to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As only to forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for average workers, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Romantic notions about education being "good for the soul" must yield to careful research and common sense—The Case against Education points the way.
The Problem with Boys' Education
Author: Wayne MartinoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135466645
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The Problem with Boys' Education: Beyond the Backlash offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics and realities of boys' education around the world, providing an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems' successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students.
Beyond Free College
Author: Eileen L. StrempelPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475848668
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Beyond Free College outlines an audacious national agenda—consistent with, but far more comprehensive than, the current “free college” movement—that builds on the best of US higher education’s populist history such as the G.I. Bill and the community college transfer function. The authors align a wide constellation of higher education trends—online learning, prior learning assessment, competency-based learning, high school college-credit— with a rapidly shifting student transfer environment that privileges college credit as the pivotal educational catalyst to boost access and completion. The book’s agenda seeks greater productive investment in postsecondary education by privileging a single metric—lower-cost-per-degree-granted—as the animating driver of a transfer pathway that will fulfill the potential of its historical, progressive innovators. Beyond Free College’s goal is as simple as it is urgent: To galvanize higher education advocates in an effort to reorganize, reorient, and reignite the transfer function to serve the needs of a neotraditional student population that now constitutes the majority of college-goers in America; and in ways that advance completion, not just access to higher education.
Life After High School
Author: Susan YellinPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 085700302X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
*Bronze Medal Winner in the Education / Academic / Teaching Category of the 2011 IPPY Awards* * Bronze Medal Winner in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Education Category * Graduating high school and moving on to further education or the workplace brings with it a whole new set of challenges, and this is especially true for students with disabilities. This useful book provides a complete overview of the issues such students and their families will need to consider, and outlines the key skills they will need in order to succeed once they get there. The authors describe the legal landscape as it applies to students with disabilities in the USA, and how to obtain the proper disability documentation to ensure that the student receives the right support and accommodations in college. Focussing specifically on the issues that affect students with disabilities, they offer advice on everything from dealing with college entrance exams and the college application process, to selecting the right college, visiting the campus, and achieving medical and financial independence away from home. A list of further resources guides students and their families towards additional sources of information and support, and stories of students with disabilities who have made the transition from high school to further education or the workplace are included throughout. This accessible and thoroughly readable book offers help and support to students with disabilities of all kinds, and their families, both before and during the transition to life after high school.
The Social Skills Picture Book
Author: Jed BakerPublisher: Future Horizons
ISBN: 1932565353
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Describes in pictures the proper responses to real-life situations that youth with social communication challenges face on a daily basis.
College and Career Ready
Author: David T. ConleyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470592877
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and work College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high schools are doing. Includes clear guidelines for high school faculty to adapt their programs of instruction in the direction of enhanced college/career readiness Provides practical strategies for improving students' content knowledge and academic behaviors Offers examples of best practices and research-based recommendations for change The book considers the impact of behavioral issues-such as time management and study habits-as well as academic skills on college readiness.
Cooperative Projects Among Colleges and Universities
Author: Sebastian Vincent MartoranaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Circular
Author: New Dimensions in Higher Education
Author: United States. Office of Education. Division of Higher EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description