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Direct linkBarnard, Brennan; Clark, Rick – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the experience, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Did we miss a deadline? Should we be looking in-state or out-of-state, big school or small school? And what is a "FAFSA" anyway? "The Truth about College Admission" is the…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, College Bound Students, High School Students
Horn, Michael B.; Moesta, Bob – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
This book is about addressing the college-choosing problem. The rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help us make these decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the information and context they need to make such a high-stakes…
Descriptors: College Choice, Institutional Characteristics, Decision Making, Occupations
Renn, Kristen A.; Reason, Robert D. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
In this book, the authors bring together in one place essential information about college students in the US in the 21st century. Synthesizing existing research and theory, they present an introduction to studying student characteristics, college choice and enrollment patterns, institutional types and environments, student learning, persistence,…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Student Experience, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedPerna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2021
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, High Schools, Educational Change
Simpson, Cynthia G.; Spencer, Vicky G. – Prufrock Press, 2020
"College Success for Students With Learning Disabilities" (2nd ed.) offers students the knowledge, guidance, and strategies they need to effectively choose a college, prepare for university life, and make the most of their collegiate experience. This revised edition: (1) Outlines the rights and responsibilities of students with learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Smith, Stephen M.; Fanning, Shaun – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2017
"Who Do You Think You Are?" helps parents, school counselors, and administrators get teens thinking about--and interested in--their future careers. Success in college and beyond relies on thorough prior preparation; by identifying interests and passions early on, young people are better able to plan for the career they want by mapping…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Adolescents, Career Development, College Graduates
Simpson, Cynthia G.; Spencer, Vicky G. – Prufrock Press Inc., 2019
Planning for college can be one of the biggest moments in a teen's life, but for those students with learning and other disabilities, the college experience can be fraught with frustration, uncertainty, and lowered self-confidence. "College Success for Students With Learning Disabilities" offers teens the confidence, strategies, and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, College Students, College Readiness
Download full textPopov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Global Approach
Shaw, Stan F., Ed.; Madaus, Joseph W., Ed.; Dukes, Lyman L., III, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
For students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities, navigating a college education without the support team they had in high school can be challenging. Help students become effective self-advocates and maximize their postsecondary possibilities with this cutting-edge book, which balances current research with the most practical guidance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Admission, College Preparation, Check Lists
