colleges and universities

Profiles over three hundred American colleges and universities, providing information on academics, student life, athletics, distinguished alumni, admissions, financial aid, post-graduate success, and related topics, and featuring quotations and statistics on student composition, class sizes, admissions rates, deadlines, costs, and more.

A guide to preparing for the ACT college placement exam, featuring reviews of English, math, reading, science, and writing, providing test-taking tips and hints, and including access to full-length practice tests.

Presents more than fourteen hundred practice questions for the ACT, with drills for each section type, detailed answer explanations, and practice questions based on actual questions from the ACT.

Provides study tools for preparing to take the Advanced Placement computer science A exam, including a study plan, a diagnostic test, test-taking strategies, review questions, and three practice exams with explained answers.

"A memoir in which Nunez wrestles with her mother's determination to have her leave her Trinidadian homeland for America."--Provided by publisher.

Assesses the state of American higher education, arguing that it maintains inequality and benefits the affluent.

Provides eight practice tests for the SAT, with more than 1200 questions and detailed answer explanations, and includes score conversion tables.

Eighteen-year-old Anne leaves the Island to attend Redmond College, instead of getting married as some of her friends have done.

A study guide for the Advanced Placement biology test that offers an overview of key topics, including cellular energetics, molecular biology, and ecology, practice tests, detailed answer explanations, and other resources.

Richard is accepted into an elite group of college students and discovers the secret that binds them together.