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Humanity, Diversity, and The Liberal Arts: The Foundation of a College Education

Author(s): Joseph B Cuseo, Aaron Thompson

Summer reading programs for first-year students should be focused on the needs of those students. This book moves away from the paradigm of using general audience novels for summer reading programs. It is a high-impact book written by experienced first-year educators for this specific student audien...

Effective Strategies to Use with African Americans and Students of Diverse Backgrounds

Author(s): Gloria Kirkland-Holmes

Effective Strategies to Use with African Americans and Students of Diverse Backgrounds covers the issues that are impacting the lives of African American children and their families, as well as trend of thoughts about what should be discussed to assure more success for African American children in o...

African American Males Matriculating through Higher Education and Society

Author(s): Justin Rose, Yolanda Beamon, Clarice Ford

African American Males: Matriculating Through Higher Education and Society helps readers understand the historical evolution of the relationship between Black Males, Black Females, and the Black Community. Most of all, it helps understand how these relationships have affected raising academically su...

Campus Crime and Safety

Author(s): Christina Mancini

Nestled in the “ivory tower,” college campuses tend to be safe environments for students, but crime and violence do occur.  To be sure, crime trends vary based on the location of the campus (suburban, rural, urban, “college town”) and their “type” (four-year universities, small liberal arts colleges...

The Last Little Job Finding Manual You'll Ever Need: Removing the Roadblocks from the Job Search Process

Author(s): Jackie Martin

The Last Little Job Finding Manual You’ll Ever Need is just that! Too many job seekers with excellent skills do not know how industry expects them to prepare their job portfolio. The bar is high. Employers expect a very high quality resume, cover letter, and electronic or e-portfolio, and most job s...

Breaking Ground: Keys for Successful Online Learning

Author(s): Liberty University

Breaking Ground: Keys for Successful Online Learning uses the analogy that your academic career is like a construction project and also your spiritual development. If you want to be successful in anything in life, you must begin with a purpose, building upon a firm foundation. Each chapter contai...

Destination: Success

Author(s): Melissa Thomas, Melinda Miley, Michelle Groves Futrell

Destination Success is an academic recovery textbook written for the student that is on academic probation or perhaps has been readmitted after a dismissal or poor academic performance. Either way, they have some work to do to understand how they got to their current situation and to develop the ski...