Living the Dream: The Morning After Art School

Author(s): John Watson, Brian Horner

You’ve likely been asked over and over, “What are you going to do with an art degree?”And maybe you’ve been asking yourself that very question.The career of an artist, like that of an actor or musician, is not one that looks like the traditional careers that many of your friends will have. You are a...

Living the Dream, The Morning After Music School: A DIY Guide to the Music Business

Author(s): Brian Horner

Based on parallels drawn between fundamental areas of music performance and their counterparts in the business world, Living The Dream...The Morning After Music School – a DIY guide to the music business offers insights and tools to help current or former music majors navigate life as highly capable...

Becoming a Critic: An Introduction to Analyzing Media Content

Author(s): Rebecca Curnalia, Cary Wecht, Amber Ferris

Filling a void in the media theory, methods, and literacy market, Becoming a Critic is an introduction to current and approachable theory and research on media content. By addressing undergraduate readers as student scholars, the reader is taught to objectively assess the content and implications of...

Cornerstones for College Success

Author(s): Robert Sherfield, Patricia Moody

Robert Sherfield and Patricia Moody’s Cornerstones for College Success addresses the needs and challenges students in two year programs will encounter during their studies.Suitable for first year success, introduction to college, and other orientation courses, Cornerstones for College Success provid...

Cornerstones for Community College Success

Author(s): Robert Sherfield, Patricia Moody

Cornerstones for Community College Success helps readers to discover their academic, social, and personal strengths so that they can build on them, and to provide concrete and useful tools that will help them make the changes necessary for their success. The authors believe that in helping the reade...

Safety, Nutrition and Health in Early Education

Author(s): CATHIE ROBERTSON

Safety, Nutrition and Health in Early Education explores early childhood safety and nutrition in a variety of facets, including indoor and outdoor safety, emergency procedures, nutrition and food safety, as well as a chapter on holistic wellness in early childhood education. Topics such as diversity...

Survey of African American Dance

Author(s): Vikki Baltimore-Dale

Survey of African American Dance is an informative panorama of the role of the African American in the development of dance in America. It identifies the influences and contributions of the African American movement aesthetic seen throughout the history of American Dance. Special focus is placed on ...

Foundations of Child and Youth Care

Author(s): Carol Stuart, Kristen Fryer

Foundations of Child & Youth Care explores the field of child and youth care, introducing unique perspectives, theories, and interventions in which the practice is grounded as well as emerging concepts essential to current practice. Foundations of Child & Youth Care:Describes foundational concepts w...

Foundations of Special Education: Understanding Students with Exceptionalities

Author(s): Michael Fitzpatrick, Raschelle Neild, Penny Craig

This textbook introduces to the future educator theories, philosophies, and concepts surrounding educating students with exceptionalities. We examine the treatment and education of individuals with disabilities, significant litigation, and landmark legislation in special education including the  pri...

Communication for Today's Student

Author(s): Karen Turner Ward

Communication for Today’s Student is a fresh approach to the communication issues that have become increasingly critical to professional and personal success in contemporary society. This innovative and interactive text incorporates theory and practice to successfully prepare students to become effe...