Student Student Life category: 717 books
Student Engagement in Urban Schools
Beyond Neoliberal Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse...
Teaching Tough Kids
Simple and Proven Strategies for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
How can you really make a difference for your students?
Teaching Tough Kids delivers a refreshing collection of realistic ideas to sustain the organisational and behavioural transformations of all students, particularly those who 'do it tough'; who learn and react differently. They are complex...
It's Time to Complete Community College
Student Outcome Studies Show What It Takes to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Earning a college degree improves health and economic wellbeing. Thus, American taxpayers subsidize a majority of the cost of public colleges. At least half of all college students in the U.S. today attend two-year colleges; yet, fewer than half of these students achieve their educational goals. This...
Higher Education and the Student
From welfare state to neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
As one of the pioneers and leading advocates of neoliberalism, Britain, and in particular England, has radically transformed its higher education system over the last decades. Universities have increasingly been required to act like businesses, and students are frequently referred to as customers...
Using Data-Informed Decision Making to Improve Student Affairs Practice
New Directions for Student Services, Number 159
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Is the data available on your college campus fully utilized? Analyzing data does not have to be a complex process, but there can be obstacles to putting data to good use:
overworked staff or understaffed departments;
silos that prevent crossing institutional boundaries;
lack of...
Academic Enhancement Tools
Power in Family Relationships Builds Student Academic Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Academic enhancement activities were practiced in high school for ten years and involved over fifteen hundred families. The participation rate was over 90 percent. Students in the twelve- to fifteen-year range participated with their parents. The ten activities focus on identifying natural interests,...
Student Voice
From Invisible to Invaluable
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable is about why and how today’s leaders need to connect with students for success. The premise of this book is that student voice is often invisible and that is possibly why schools have changed little since the 19th Century. From digital citizenship to teacher...
Learning Communities from Start to Finish
New Directions for Student Services, Number 149
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
While the phrase “learning communities” has various definitions, at the heart of all programs is the goal of enhancing the student learning experience in the community of others.
This volume provides valuable information about learning communities--from start to finish--including:
•...
The Role of Student Organizations in Developing Leadership
New Directions for Student Leadership, Number 155
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
How can formal student organizations in secondary and post-secondary education leverage the development of student leadership capacities? After describing the historical and current significance of student organizations, this volume explores effective organizational structures to promote leadership...
Understanding and Addressing Commuter Student Needs
New Directions for Student Services, Number 150
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Despite representing a majority of the college student population, a surprising lack of research has focused on the unique issues and needs of commuter students. This volume reviews the contemporary research and thinking about commuters. Topics include:
• theoretical perspectives and discussions...
by William Dikel, MD
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
From ADHD to schizophrenia and everything in between, what teachers need to know about their students’ mental health.
Twenty percent of children and adolescents have a mental health disorder and in five percent, the disorder is severe. Chances are that every classroom in America will have...
Engaging Students through Social Media
Evidence-Based Practices for Use in Student Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Using social media to enhance learning outcomes, engagement, and retention
Although research shows that most of today's college students adopt and use social media at high rates, many higher education professionals are unaware of how these technologies can be used for academic benefit. Author...
The Student Leadership Challenge
Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Designed to be used with the The Student Leadership Challenge or the Student Leadership Practices Inventory, this workbook will help students go deeper into the actual practice of leadership, guiding them in better understanding and embodying The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership in a meaningful...
Developing Effective Student Peer Mentoring Programs
A Practitioner's Guide to Program Design, Delivery, Evaluation, and Training
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This is a comprehensive resource for creating, refining and sustaining effective student peer mentoring programs. While providing a blueprint for successfully designing programs for a wide range of audiences – from freshmen to doctoral students – it also offers specific guidance on developing programs...