• Minority Student Retention: The Best of the "Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice"

    Student retention continues to be a vexing problem for all colleges and universities. In spite of the money spent on creating programs and services to help retain students until they achieve their academic and personal goals, and graduate, the figures have not improved over time. This is particularly true for minority students, who have a greater attrition rate than majority students. Demographic information shows that the minority population in the United States is growing at a faster rate than the majority. It is imperative that educational institutions find ways to help improve retention ra... [Read More]

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    • ISBN: 0415784603
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

  • Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

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    • Brand: Belknap Press
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  • The Vocabulary Builder Workbook: Simple Lessons and Activities to Teach Yourself Over 1,400 Must-Know Words

    The Vocabulary Builder Workbook is the latest approach to learning new vocabulary and boosting your language skills.Building your vocabulary requires more than flashcards. That’s why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing new words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook you will gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words.Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE―or for those who simply want to improve their writing and speaking skills― The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the task of expandin... [Read More]

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  • Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive

    Kevin Horsley Broke a World Memory Record in 2013...And You're About to Learn How to Use His Memory Strategies to Learn Faster, Be More Productive and Achieve More SuccessWith over 200,000 copies sold, Unlimited Memory is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller and has been the #1 memory book on Amazon for more than two years. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages including French, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian.Most people never tap into 10% of their potential for memory.In this book, you're about to learn:How the World's Top Memory Experts Concentrate and Rem... [Read More]

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  • Art of Problem Solving Beast Academy 4A and 4B and 4C and 4D Guide and Practice 8-Book Set

    AoPS 8-Book Set : Art of Problem Solving Beast Academy 4A and 4B and 4C and 4D Guide and Practice 8-Book Set : Beast Academy 4A covers the following topics: Shapes: Definitions, angle measurement, parallel and perpendicular lines, symmetry. Multiplication: The distributive property, multi-digit multiplication, using algorithms, the units digit. Exponents: Computing powers, order of operations, perfect squares, binary notation (base-2). Beast Academy 4B covers the following topics: Counting : Counting lists, choices, Venn diagrams, Factorials, counting pairs. Division : Special quotients, divid... [Read More]

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  • The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing

    The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing.A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico—and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart.Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of surgeons, she returned t... [Read More]

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  • Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice

    Praise for Maryellen Weimer's Inspired College Teaching "The thoughtfulness, personalization, and consideration Maryellen Weimer demonstrates in discussing the experience of faculty members, her ability to identify issues that are shared and solvable, and her suggestions and solutions to commonly experienced stressors and difficulties in college teaching are major strengths of this volume. . . . In a way, it is a 'workshop between book covers'—or perhaps several workshops!" —Laura L. B. Border, director, Graduate Teacher Program and Collaborative Preparing Future Faculty Network, Universit... [Read More]

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    • Brand: Jossey-Bass
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  • The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace

    For readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, and Freakonomics, comes a captivating and surprising journey through the science of workplace excellence.   Why do successful companies reward failure?  What can casinos teach us about building a happy workplace?  How do you design an office that enhances both attention to detail and creativity?   In The Best Place to Work, award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman, Ph.D. uses the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management to reveal what really makes us successful at work. Com... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 0399165606
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    • Brand: Perigee Books
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  • The Million Dollar Greeting: Today's Best Practices for Profit, Customer Retention, and a Happy Workplace

    Interviews and case studies with nine top business leaders reveal how extraordinary customer service brings high profit, brand loyalty, and a vibrant workplace, and show how you can implement their techniques in your own business. For more than twenty years, Dan Sachs has helped established and emerging businesses use hospitality practices to strengthen employee moral, customer retention, and profits. In The Million Dollar Greeting, readers accompany Sachs as he travels across the United States and Canada, interviewing leaders from both large and small companies, including: Ari Weinzweig (Zin... [Read More]

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  • Physics Concept Questions - Book 7 (Light): 250+ Questions & Answers

    Increase your understanding of Physics Concepts by using simple multiple-choice questions that build on each other. Enhance your time-efficiency by reading these on your smartphone or tablet during those down moments between classes or errands. Make this a game by using the study sets to quiz yourself or a friend and reward yourself as you improve your knowledge.This book is the seventh volume of a series of books that uses multiple-choice questions and answers to help high school and college students to test and improve their understanding of relevant topics in Physics. The series is oriented... [Read More]

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  • Living Language Brazilian Portuguese, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, and free online learning

    Brazilian Portuguese, Complete Edition is a unique multimedia course that takes you from a beginner to an advanced level in one convenient package.  At the core of Brazilian Portuguese, Complete Edition is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts. Millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.    • 3 Books: 46 lessons, additional review exercises, culture notes, and a grammar ... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 0307972089
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  • Physics Concept Questions - Book 5 (Sound): 150+ Questions & Answers

    Increase your understanding of Physics Concepts by using simple multiple-choice questions that build on each other. Enhance your time-efficiency by reading these on your smartphone or tablet during those down moments between classes or errands. Make this a game by using the study sets to quiz yourself or a friend and reward yourself as you improve your knowledge.This book is the fifth volume of a series of books that uses multiple-choice questions and answers to help high school and college students to test and improve their understanding of relevant topics in Physics. The series is oriented t... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: B00MTTRLA2
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  • Survey of Best Practices in Student Retention 2015 Edition

    The study presents data from a survey of 48 North American colleges about their student retention efforts. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: What are retention rates for different categories of student such as distance learning students, foreign students, graduate students, full time undergraduates and other groups? How important are offices such as financial aid, academic advising and tutoring, among others, perceived to be in the retention effort? What special efforts are being made to identify at risk students and what measures are being taken? How are retention effor... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 1574403419
    • ISBN: 1574403419
    • Manufacturer: Primary Research Group

  • How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education

    “This book merits every American’s serious consideration” (Vice President Joe Biden): from the Secretary of Education under President Obama, an exposé of the status quo that helps maintain a broken system at the expense of our kids’ education, and threatens our nation’s future. “Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Education, but it’s the truth.” So opens Arne Duncan’s How Schools Work, although the title could just as easily be How American Schools Work for Some, Not for Others, and Only Now and Then for Kids. Drawing ... [Read More]

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    • ASIN: 1501173057
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    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything With Ease... Become An Expert in Record Time (Accelerated Learning)

    Wish you could learn and memorize more in less time? Stay focused, quit being frustrated, and absorb info like a human sponge?If you’re looking to (1) accelerate your learning abilities, (2) improve your memory instantly, (3) pick up new skills efficiently, and (4) fly through material and ace tests – the answers are right in front of you.Step by step methods and habits to train your brain.Learn Like Einstein is your scientifically proven field guide on using your brain to its fullest potential like Albert Einstein. This is NOT a boring textbook full of generic tips like “manage your tim... [Read More]

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  • Professional Learning Communities at Worktm : Best Practices for Enhancing Students Achievement

    The book that launched a school improvement movement offers research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of

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  • Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12 : Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning

    Ensure students demonstrate more than a year's worth of learning during a school year Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his 15 years of research, identifying instructional

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  • What the Best College Students Do

    The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with humane, doable, and inspiring help for students who want to get the most out of their education. The first thing they

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  • Minority Student Retention : The Best of the "journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice"

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  • Promoting Safe and Effective Transitions to College for Youth with Mental Health Conditions : A Case-Based Guide to Best Practices

    This concise and practical book provides an overview of how to safely and effectively transition adolescents with mental health conditions into a college environment. Therapeutic strategies to assess and promote readiness for transition to college

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  • Student Retention in Colleges Changes Lives and Society - eBook

    Victor G. Stanley is professor emeritus of animal science in the college of agriculture and human sciences at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, where he taught in the faculty for thirty-six years. He served

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  • Notes from the Edge: Career and Job Hunting Advice for College Students (Best of EdgeWise.PH Vol. 1) - eBook

    EdgeWise.PH is an online magazine offering career development advice and articles for college students and young professionals. Updated weekly, its articles:- Introduce students to professionals working in the jobs or companies they may want to

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  • Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students - eBook

    A comprehensive summary of best practices in ethics development on campus, providing a variety of practical ways to promote formation of ethics and character among college students and young adults.• Provides best practices on how

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  • Now You Tell Me! 12 College Students Give the Best Advice They Never Got - eBook

    Each year in the U.S., 2.9 million young people graduate from high school, 70 percent of whom are heading for college.  They've read the catalogs, spent months filling out applications, been accepted, chosen a school,

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  • Mission Possible: Best Practices for Increasing Student Retention and Success

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