College Students

When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it’s with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and incomprehensible to his grieving family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate’s effortless charm. Paul sees Julian as his sole intellectual equal — an ally against the conventional world he finds so suffocating.

Every parent wants the best for their child. That’s why they send them to college! But most parents struggle to pay for school and end up turning to student loans. That’s why the majority of graduates walk away with $35,000 in student loan debt and no clue what that debt will really cost them. Student loan debt doesn’t open doors for young adults - it closes them. They postpone getting married and starting a family. That debt even takes away their freedom to pursue their dreams. But there is a different way. Going to college without student loans is possible!

Friends. Neighbors. Lovers. The improbable romance began when she was 45. It was a time before computer games, music videos and web browsers. Married couples didn't contemplate divorce, and people suppressed illicit desires. Linda Watson was a widow with two children. She lived a life of suburban leisure. When her neighbor and best friend, Cindy Sloan, asked Linda to watch her house and cook a few casseroles for Cindy’s college-age son; Linda agreed. Wayne Sloan was unhappy with the prospect of a neighbor monitoring his activities, but his mood changed when Linda made an unexpected ...

As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now, he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.

With the most wins in Division 1, FBS collegiate esports, coach Doc Haskell shares hard-earned lessons from years of building one of the most respected esports programs in the country. With clarity, humility, and a bit of stubborness, Doc walks readers through the realities of leading talented student-athletes in high-performance environments—where the difference between chaos and cohesion is often a matter of mindset, preparation, and communication. Part coaching manual, part leadership reflection, and part playbook for program builders, this book captures what it really takes to lead ...

Americans have become increasingly aware that many for-profit colleges – the career training schools that bombard TV, websites, and city buses with slick ads promising high-paying careers – are a bad deal for students, and that some are simply scams. These schools have been caught luring students -- veterans, single mothers, and others struggling to get ahead -- with false claims about the cost of programs and the value of degrees, and then leaving them unemployed and buried in debt. The for-profit college industry has been taking more than $30 billion annually in taxpayer dollars. But ...

Nearly ten years ago, five Ohio university students were murdered in an off-campus Victorian home. The media dubbed it the Midnight House Massacre. Ever since, survivor and novelist Margot Davis has wanted to forget it, and never again utter the killer’s name. Until she’s compelled to write her side of the story. To do that, she’s returning to Midnight House.

Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only an option at elite institutions where instructors have the luxury of time with students. But in this revelatory book brimming with the voices of students, faculty, and staff from across the country, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert argue that relationship-rich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions.

For fans of Ana Huang and Elle Kennedy! He’s the professor? My professor. Oh no. Finn The first rule of being a college professor is a simple one. The students are off-limits. Even tenured professors have been fired for the mere suggestion of impropriety. But he didn't know Adele was his student when she approached him at the bar. Then again, knowing that she was probably wouldn't have changed his mind. And seeing her in his class less than a week later? He'll have to pretend he doesn't know her. Which is the most difficult thing he's ever done. Because he's infatuated. The spirit might ...

Help Your Students Develop Critical Skills Through Field Studies Field studies are considered by many to be the most powerful tool to teach the Critical Skills. A field study is a project conducted by a team of students to address a problem or issue in the “real world” under faculty supervision. They provide rigorous and learning rich experiences where students can practice and master their skills while working productively with an educational partner. Given the opportunity, virtually any student can participate and contribute as a field study team member. Field studies offer an ...

Teach Like a Champion 2.0 is a complete update to the international best seller. This teaching guide is a must-have for new and experienced teachers alike. More than 700,000 teachers around the world already know how the techniques in this audiobook turn educators into classroom champions. With ideas for everything from classroom management to inspiring student engagement, you will be able to perfect your teaching practice right away.

Sultry, curvy Lily Melancon is going through a rough patch. Like, glass shards on top of sandpaper rough. She managed to get out of an abusive relationship only to have her ex kidnap their 5-year-old son just days before the custody hearing. Lily has become so difficult to be around that her best friend, Alexa, has finally given up hope and abandoned her in Shorty’s Pub. Gerrit Rousseau is an oasis of calm in a stormy world, downplaying his smoldering good looks as he tends bar and keeps his head down. His emotions are not easily stirred, but the brazen, tattooed Lily is lighting a fire. ...

STUDENT SUCCESS SECRETS FOR BETTER GRADES AND A MEANINGFUL LIFE Advance your personal well-being, cultivate happiness, grow in self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and lay a strong foundation to develop academically and professionally to achieve long-term success. In life you can have more if you refuse to settle for less. More than 30 insightful and probing life-changing questions and detailed heartfelt answers to help students get clear on their definition of happiness, how they define success, relate to their identity, values, desires, ambitions, purpose, place they want to live, ...

This book collects all three stories in the Sapphic Girls series including: My Sapphic Summer with Sam When Tristan is forced to move home to Kansas from her university in California, she assumes that she's in for a summer of complete boredom. Then she reunites with a younger neighbor from her childhood, who is all grown up now. Her neighbor, Sam, just graduated from high school having changed from a nerdy, emo girl into a lesbian punk goddess. As Sam reveals the love she's always harbored for her neighbor, Tristan realizes that she just might be a lesbian. Through first time ...

I never expected a one-night stand with a stranger to nearly get me killed. I discovered my boyfriend was unfaithful so naturally I went out with my best friend to dance the blues away. Cue the sexy guy watching me intently from across the room. An unexpected night of passion left me feeling confused and vulnerable. Thinking perhaps I had been too impulsive, I tossed the piece of paper containing his phone number in the trash. The next semester of classes began and I was mortified to find the silver fox with the captivating eyes was my new literature professor. We began to play a game of ...

Two years ago, he was a one-night stand. Now he’s my professor—and he hates me. When I dragged Gideon Warwick into a bar cloakroom, I never thought I’d see him again. I figured we’d have fun. Blow off some steam. Then move on with our lives, with nothing but memories. Yeah. Turns out I’m a grade A fool. Because I do see Gideon again—at the front of a lecture hall. This time, he’s not smiling. This time, he glares. This time, he wants me out of his sight. Well, too bad for him, because I need those credits. My future is on the line. The professor is gonna have to play nice. ...

From elementary to graduate school, classrooms are now filled with Generation Z students, born 1995-2010. And, much like those in the generations who came before, these students are eager to learn. But, their characteristics, interests, styles, and preferred learning environments are in many ways different from their predecessors. How then can educators effectively leverage the capacities and foster the potential of this generational cohort?In Generation Z Learns, Dr. Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace, explore the nuances of Generation Z and offer recommendations to enhance the educational ...

Tres alfas posesivos. Un omega adorado. Un festival de verano que lo cambiará todo. Cuando el omega Brendan y sus tres devotos alfas—Viggo, Red y Dane—se dirigen a Echofest para un fin de semana de música y pasión, están listos para celebrar su relación poco convencional. Pero cuando aparece la ex novia de Dane, las inseguridades de Brendan amenazan con desmoronar todo. Mientras los celos arden y surgen atracciones inesperadas, los cuatro amantes deben decidir si su vínculo es lo suficientemente fuerte para sobrevivir. En este ardiente romance omegaverse, un omega descubre lo que ...

Power couple Jane and Max Thompson have it all: money, fame, wealth. The only thing missing is a little spice in the bedroom. At an exclusive Halloween costume party, Jane discovers that her husband can't keep his hands off her former student, the incredibly gorgeous Tristan Dalloway. Jane's once bratty student is now the center of her husband's hot, wet, and naked attention. Tristan is no ordinary mistress: in fact she's quite demanding! Before Jane knows what to do, Tristan has turned her into a properly submissive cuckquean. As an uncontrollably, sexy cuckcake, Tristan delights Max as ...

High school senior, Addie, never expected her unique 'gift' to lead her to a missing student, but when it does she's thrown into the middle of a dangerous drug war. Now, she's forced to work with a gorgeous (and completely off limits) detective to discover the truth before it kills them both. Their reluctant alliance will reveal more than either could have anticipated as Addie's ability leads them to a dangerous showdown and a shocking betrayal. Hidden Lies It's been over a year since Addie Michaels and Jake Kincaid met under less than ideal circumstances. They both think life has settled ...