colleges and universities

Offers advice to college students on how to find the best teachers at their schools, discussing what questions to ask, how to evaluate professors, syllabuses, and grading policies, and how to build a good working and learning relationship with a professor.

When, as the new Classics professor at Vandemark College, their father is made responsible for a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, twelve-year-old Phineas and his older sister Althea try to find out why the collection is the target of thieves, especially when the mummy disappears.

Explains how to apply for an athletic scholarship. Describes how to identify the right college, coach, and offer to meet sports interest and skills. Provides information about the recruiting process.

Debunks myths associated with American intercollegiate athletics and amateurism, character building, university budgets, and gender equality.

Seventeen-year-old Kim, feeling the pressure of maintaining an A average to stay on her college gymnastics team, becomes obsessive about her weight and develops anorexia.

Lists over one thousand majors at 3,600 accredited colleges and universities in the United States for degree levels from associate to PhD, and includes descriptions of two hundred of the most popular undergraduate majors.

Profiles over two thousand four-year colleges and universities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools, providing information on enrollment, major fields of study, admissions requirements, tuition and fees, and student activities.

Offers practical advice on the college application process for students with attention deficit disorder or a learning disability, covering assessing strengths and weaknesses, analyzing a transcript and GPA, planning for standardized tests, building a portfolio, getting recommendations, putting together an application, and interviewing.

Profiles more than 310 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, featuring information on the academic climate, social and extracurricular scenes, admissions requirements, and financial aid deadlines of each institution, and lists forty-five schools the author believes provide the best educational value.

A preparation guide for the SAT that provides topic overviews, review questions, practice tests, and test-taking strategies and tips designed to help students boost their scores, eliminate wrong answers, and improve their test taking abilities.