college students

When baseball college star Henry Skrimshander throws a baseball that goes off course, the fates of five people are changed forever. As the season progresses, a series of complicated events forces them all to confront their hopes, doubts, anxieties, and secrets.

Discusses the uses of the liberal arts for the conduct of life, describing the humanities as a source of truth, and urging teachers to provide students with the type of life-changing education reading and thinking about great literature can provide.

Discusses ways to promote personal safety while attending a university or college, including dormitory safety, binge drinking, date rape, travel tips, and credit cards.

Describes the extent of undergraduate binge drinking; its contribution to vandalism, rape, suicide, and accidental death; the business benefits of attracting young drinkers; and ways that schools, parents, and communities can help solve the problem.

Presents a collection of articles by student writers at college newspapers, which provide insight into what life is really like on college campuses across the country.

A collection of questions that have been sent to the "Go Ask Alice" Internet site about sexual, emotional, and physical health.

Guide to setting up a personal reading program, with an annotated bibliography.

An account of American university life over the course of an academic year which begins with the recruiting of high school students and addresses student life, classes, faculty-student relationships, tenure, and other student concerns.