colleges and universities

Debunks myths and assumptions about standardized tests, proposes alternative methods for evaluating the success of schools, and offers suggestions for helping to reduce the burden of tests on students.

While developing a new system to maintain defenses in Morganville, Texas, Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers which has a side-effect of causing residents--both human and vampire--to forget who they are.

Offers advice on different options for higher education, how to choose a college, the college application process, and how to decide whether to apply to graduate school.

Offers advice on choosing a college, undergoing the application process, uncovering the financial resources to pay tuition and expenses, and adjusting to the academic and personal challenges that first-year students face.

Abe Ravelstein, a brilliant professor who has lived far beyond his means, becomes a millionaire after he acts upon the suggestion of his close friend Chick that he write a book of his convictions about the ideas that sustain, or kill, humankind; but the two men face tragedy after they return home from a celebratory trip to Paris.

Collects eighteen essay which provide varying perspectives on issues concerning college, debating how high school students should prepare and decide where to enroll as well as the factors that influence a student's ability to attend.

Follows five students from diverse backgrounds who apply at the prestigious Harvard University; and examines the college admission process and the roles that race and class play.

"Chapters explore declining diversity, the effect upon professional schools, the historical perspective of the subject, the courts' role in affirmative action, inequities in the admissions process, percentage plans as an alternative, the detrimental results of 'colorblind' admissions, and ways to address the problem"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the script of the drama in which the posting of anonymous, racist letters on the door of an African-American college student sets dean Sarah Daniels on a quest to find the perpetrator, and forces her to confront her own feelings about racism.