• Inside Honors 2018-2019: Ratings and Reviews of 50 Public University Honors Programs

    Public universities are continuing the trend of establishing honors colleges and programs in order to attract highly-talented students and provide them with an education that combines the best qualities of elite private colleges with those of public research universities.Are honors programs really a combination of a “liberal arts college in the midst of a prominent research university, with all the advantages of both”? This typical description of public honors programs is sometimes true, sometimes misleading, and fairly often offset by equivalent values that are not mentioned in the hype.W... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0692195254
    • ASIN: 0692195254
    • ISBN: 0692195254
    • Manufacturer: Public University Press

  • A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs

    The second edition of the Review offers fifty lengthy narrative profiles of fifty public university honors programs. Each profile also contains ratings of program components, assigning 3 to 5 "mortarboards" (like star ratings for movies or book rating systems), in the following categories: honors graduation requirements; range and type of honors courses; honors class size; honors graduation rates; ratio of honors staff to students; honors residence halls; prestigious awards; and priority registration for classes. The Review has unique data about actual SAT and ACT averages for each program, ac... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0692314865
    • ASIN: 0692314865
    • ISBN: 0692314865
    • Manufacturer: Public University Press

  • INSIDE HONORS: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs

    How does a parent or prospective student have any idea about the true quality of an honors program, assuming that the students enrolled have met high admission standards? Understanding what makes a program substantive must begin with an analysis of the “ground game,” the graduation requirements, the specific mix of classes by discipline, the total number of honors sections, actual class sizes, honors grad rates—and, yes, the availability of special housing and perks, including priority registration for all courses. These factors and others are rated for the 50 honors colleges and program... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0692783814
    • ASIN: 0692783814
    • ISBN: 0692783814
    • Manufacturer: Public University Press

  • A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs (Volume 1)

    Note: There is a new edition of this book!  The following is a description from the 2012 edition...A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs is the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of leading public university honors programs. The fifty honors colleges and programs are (1) within state universities that rank in the top 75 in the 2012 U.S. News rankings; (2) or within state universities that are members of the prestigious Association of American Universities; or (3) have already gained significant recognition as leaders in honors education. The book has 58 charts, including one th... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0615642462
    • ASIN: 0615642462
    • ISBN: 0615642462
    • Manufacturer: Public University Press

  • John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-q: Over 150 Recipes And Tall Tales For Authentic...

    Bar-B-Q aficionados from around the world pilgrimage to Memphis for John Willingham's famous, braggin' rights Bar-B-Q Feisty debates have erupted right there, in the midst of fire and smoke, over whether Willingham's ribs with Memphis-style sauce or his World Champion Brisket rubbed with Hot Seasoning are his best. And no one goes home before they've had his gooey, rich shoofly pie.Authentic Bar-B-Q is as American as the Fourth of July, but often it takes a search party to find the real thing. Now, for the first time, John Willingham, winner of more major grand champion Bar-B-Q awards than any... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0688132871
    • ASIN: 0688132871
    • ISBN: 9780688132873
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks

  • AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination, 3rd Edition, Student Edition

    AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination is designed for students at the upper levels of Spanish and specifically for those students who wish to take the Advanced Placement Language Examination in Spanish. It is also a fine complement for any advanced course in Spanish. Each unit focuses on language skills and testing formats utilized in the Advanced Placement Examination. The exercises have been designed not only to review and reinforce students' knowledge, but also to sharpen all language skills. Students become familiar with the actual directions from the test as well as the diffe... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0131660942
    • ASIN: 0131660942
    • ISBN: 9780131660946
    • Manufacturer: Pearson Prentice Hall

  • Fiske Guide to Colleges 2017

    "The best college guide you can buy."-USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for more than 30 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on colleges' websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most authoritative source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delive... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1402260679
    • UPC: 760789234798
    • ASIN: 1402260679
    • ISBN: 1402260679
    • Brand: Sourcebooks Inc
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

  • Public Speaking for Success : The Complete Program, Revised and Updated

    This 2006 revision, edited by a longtime consultant to Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., preserves the full range of ideas and methods that appeared in the original including Carnegie's complete speech and diction exercises, which

    • UPC: 4265852
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Advanced Language & Literature : For Honors and Pre-Ap(r) English Courses

    AP teachers know the roots of AP success are established in the earlier grades. That is the idea behind Advanced Language & Literature a complete soltion for 10th grade honors and Pre-AP English classes. Driven

    • UPC: 50721821

  • Testing for Kindergarten : Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification

    The first and only guide to preparing a child for kindergarten testing, from an expert in teaching parents how to work with their

    • UPC: 13070634
    • Rating: 5.0

  • To Establish Loan Guarantee Programs to Develop Biochar Technology Using Excess Plant Biomass, to Establish Biochar Demonstration Projects on Public Land, and for Other Purposes. - Scholar's Choice Edition

    New

    • UPC: 693684500

  • Indigenous Teenage Interpreters in Museums and Public Education: The Native Youth Program in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia - eBook

    "Rowan and her team show the rest of us working in museums that we have a responsibility to enable indigenous youth to have a more important role in museums and in the broader community.I highly

    • UPC: 901895522

  • Inside Honors 2018-2019: Ratings and Reviews of 50 Public University Honors Programs

    Inside Honors 2018-2019: Ratings and Reviews of 50 Public University Honors

    • UPC: 163334852

  • Landmarks: 2008-2018 : The Public Art Program of the University of Texas at Austin

    9781477315392

    • UPC: 240636244

  • The Use of Poetic Transcription to Discuss Police Brutality in the U.S. : Kristen Guajardo Spring 2019 Honors College Texas State University

    The Use of Poetic Transcription to Discuss Police Brutality in the U.S.: Kristen Guajardo Spring 2019 Honors College Texas State

    • UPC: 669826023

  • The Ex-Offender's Re-Entry Assistance Directory : Public and Private Support Programs for Making It on the Outside

    This essential directory of ex-offender re-entry assistance is the ultimate guide to the latest national, state, and local re-entry sources of assistance and free downloadable training

    • UPC: 52608433

  • A Brief History of Vance AFB and the 71st Flying Training Wing: Training America's Best Pilots For 66 Years - Lineage and Honors, Stations, Aircraft, Decorations, Commanders - eBook

    Since November 1941, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma has trained America's military aviators to fly for the United States. Today, Vance is home to the U.S. Air Force's only Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training program

    • UPC: 731470012

  • St.Petersburg College Honors Program

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