women college students

"It's springtime at Sheffield University--the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast-pals Susan, Esther and Daisy continue to survive their freshman year of college. Susan is barely dealing with her recent breakup with McGraw, Esther is considering dropping out of school, and Daisy is trying to keep everyone and everything from falling apart. Combined with house-hunting, indie film festivals, and online dating, can the girls make it to second year?"--Back cover.

"Take a trip through the past in these previously little-known "Giant Days" stories, to learn the origin of Daisy, Esther, and Susan's friendship, and see them embark on orientation, getting-to-know-you-exercises, and collisions with a secret society devoted to Black Metal, among other exploits . . . [in their] first quarter of university for their initial misadventures for the first time!"--Back cover.

Shane decides to move to England to study abroad after realizing she lives in a bubble. Wanting to do college the right way she tries to fix all her mistakes by making friends, pursuing boys, and finding adventure. But she's faced with the unknown and self-doubt beings to creep in. Shane comes to find that courage and determination can conquer anything . . . especially with a little touch of fate and magic.

Five weeks after arriving in Buenos Aires as part of a foreign exchange program, Lily Hayes is arrested for murdering her roommate. As those around her grapple with this turn of events and either seek her innocence or her conviction, Lily's true face begins to come to light and raises questions about who she really is.

Three mismatched college freshmen--cynical Susan, innocent Daisy, and goth-girl Esther--come together to become friends, needing one another, even if they don't know it, to get through their first giant adventure in college. Susan tries to avoid her ex-boyfriend, Esther chases a fellow goth, and Daisy decides to join a yoga club that turns out to be a little bit cultish.

"A girls' guide to college. Includes safety tips, suggestions for meeting new people, tips on how to be successful, and ways to deal with some of the challenges of being a new college student"--Provided by publisher.

Although they have different backgrounds, Midwesterner Megan Mazeros and Lauren Mabrey, the daughter of a Senator, are close college friends, but their relationship becomes complicated when Megan is the victim of sexual assault at Lauren's summer vacation home.

"An easier and more peaceful life seemed to be destined for Ahmed and Tashera when they left Washington, DC and entered Georgia Atlantic University. But when Ahmed is accused of a crime that he didn't commit and begins to be tried in the media, his popularity plummets, his self-esteem suffers, and his dreams of playing college basketball disappear"--Back cover.

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

In 1995, Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, attends her freshman year at Harvard University. She forms a deep friendship with Svetlana, a classmate from Servia, and begins an online relationship with Ivan, a mathematics student in Hungary. In a year of self-discovery, Selin learns about first love as she comes to terms with her own destiny.