Student Student Life category: 717 books
Researching Student Learning in Higher Education
A social realist approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.With a larger and much more diverse intake than ever before, linked with a declining unit of resource, questions are being asked afresh around the purposes of higher education. Although much of the debate is...
The Student Loan Scam
The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History and How We Can Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
The Student Loan Scam is an exposé of the predatory nature of the $85-billion student loan industry. In this in-depth exploration, Collinge argues that student loans have become the most profitable, uncompetitive, and oppressive type of debt in American history.
This has occurred in large...
College Student Mental Health
New Directions for Student Services, Number 156
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
In recent years, there has been heightened attention paid to the mental health needs of college students, the range and scope of these issues, and the challenges related to providing mental health services. Counseling center data, changing legal mandates and anecdotal reports from senior practitioners...
The Student EQ Edge
Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success: Facilitation and Activity Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
THE STUDENT EQEDGE Facilitation and Activity Guide
This Facilitation and Activity Guide is a companion to the book The Student EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success . It offers faculty and facilitators a hands-on resource for helping students reach their potential...
Engaging the Digital Generation
New Directions for Student Services, Number 155
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Take an in depth look at technology trends and the practices, possibilities, and direction needed to integrate a technology-open mindset into the work of a student affairs educator.
This volume explores ways practitioners can engage the digital generation of students and colleagues on their...
Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs
Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Effectively address the challenges of equity and inclusion on campus
The long-awaited second edition, Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion, introduces an updated model of student affairs competence that reflects the professional competencies identified...
The College Student’s Guidebook For Effective Time Management
Time Management Tips To Improve Your Study Skills And Organization Skills So You Can Plan Your Time Effectively And Fit In School, Work And Fun Into Your Busy Schedule
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
College life is sort of independent living. For most, it will be the first time away from home and away from family. It is the time when the college student will finally know how it is to be on his own. This means that he will need to be self-sufficient. He will need to look out for his own needs...
Student Engagement in Higher Education
Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Student Engagement in Higher Education fills a longstanding void in the higher education and student affairs literature. In the fully revised and updated edition of this important volume, the editors and chapter contributors explore how diverse populations of students experience college differently...
by Zack Wellington
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Think about it: College students don't drop out because their classes are too difficult. They drop out because their new life away from home—a life free from parental authority and rife with addictive distractions—is suddenly too much for them to handle.What college students need is a guide...
The Secrets of Top Students
Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Straight talk and tips from top students to help make academic excellence a lifestyle.
Getting a passing grade is one thing—cramming to memorize facts, knowing what's on the test, finishing a paper just before the deadline—but being a top student is something else entirely. So what makes...
by Phil Davis
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Your guide to financing a university education
Navigating the intricacies of financing a UK education can make even the most composed parents and students lose their cool. Luckily, Student Financing For Dummies helps take some of the pain out of the struggle and offers everything you need—in...
by Wayzgoose Press
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Being successful in college or university involves more than just “being smart” or even “doing the work.” It’s more than just a few classes – it’s a lifestyle. You will need to work, eat, sleep, and socialize well in order to study well; and you’ll have to study well in order to learn...
by Joseph O. Oluwole, Preston C. Green III
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
While freedom of speech is a defining characteristic of the United States, the First Amendment right is often regulated within certain environments. For years, schools have attempted to monitor and regulate student communication both within the educational environment and in student use of social media...
Student Affairs Assessment
Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
With the recognition of the integral role of student affairs in student education, and with stakeholders requiring increasing accountability at a time of tight resources, it has become imperative that staff be familiar with and competent in undertaking assessment. This book provides student affairs staff...