The university system has its problems. Students invest a lot of time and money in education but all too often don’t get what they came for.
In What’s Wrong With University, Jeff Rybak addresses the most pressing...
Universities and colleges
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Author:Charbonneau, JoelleSummary:Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.
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Author:Millar, Erin, Coli, BenSummary:A comprehensive and honest guide to the Canadian college and university experience, offering down-to-earth advice on everything from choosing your major to surviving residence, from acing exams to partying safely. For most students,...
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Author:Kreitzer, LindaSummary:Social Work in Africa offers professors, students, and practitioners insight concerning social work in the African context. Its purpose is to encourage examination of the social work curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make...
- Author:Meunier, E.-MartinSummary:
Cet ouvrage, avec ses contributions tantôt essayistes, tantôt savantes, cherche à approfondir la réflexion sur le Québec contemporain afin de mieux comprendre la nature des mutations qui le transforment profondément aujourd'hui. Après l...
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Author:McDonald, MeganSummary:When her substitute teacher realizes she is struggling in math, Judy is sent to a math tutor at the local college and soon is completely into the spirit of college life.
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Author:Soto, GarySummary:Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them excape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
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Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who...
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Author:Boles, BlakeSummary:What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right...
- Author:Brownlee, JamieSummary:
Canadian universities are being slowly but inexorably corporatized. Casualizing academic labour, remaking students into consumers of education, implementing corporate management models and commercializing academic research all point to...
- Author:Allin, LouSummary:
Life at Copper University in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been good for Professor of Victorian literature Maddie Temple, but the school year is about to get off to a deadly start. Maddie's first day of school is marred by...
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Author:Simone, GabbrielSummary:Are you going to college soon? Do you really know what you are getting yourself into? College isn’t just going to class and partying. Well maybe for some, but in reality it is way more than that. You want to be successful? You want to...
