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"At the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of PC culture. Each carries their views to extremes that may seem absurd, but highly educated people of sound mind and good intentions can reasonably disagree, right? Then someone winds up dead, and Virgil Flowers is brought in to investigate...and he soon comes to realize he's dealing with people who, on this one particular issue, are functionally crazy. Among...
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English
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Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance...
3) Buffaloed
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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A teenage girl is obsessed with making enough cash to get out of Buffalo. When the acceptance letter to her dream school arrives, she must hustle to find a job that will pay for tuition. But after getting scammed by a debt collector she works for, Peg decides to cheat the system like it cheated her.
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Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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How do you REALLY get accepted to a top university? Told from the fresh and personal perspective of 26-year-old Crimson Education CEO and Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford graduate Jamie Beaton, Accepted! is an honest and practical guide on beating the odds and getting into Ivy League and other elite schools – the smart way. Beaton takes you behind the doors of the world's top college admissions offices, revealing the highly strategic selection processes...
5) Iron flame
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English
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"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....
6) The Testing
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Peterson's® Graduate & Professional Programs: An Overview 2021 contains more than 2,000 university and college profiles with detailed information on the degrees available, enrollment figures, tuition, financial support, housing, faculty, research affiliations, library facilities, and contact information. This graduate guide enables students to explore program listings by field, geographic area, institution, and over 500 fields of study. Two-page...
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
This directory contains university/college profiles that offer valuable information on graduate and professional degrees and certificates, enrollment figures, tuition, financial support, housing, faculty, research affiliations, library facilities, and contact information. It enables students to explore program listings by field and by institution. In-depth descriptions, written by administrators at featured institutions, give complete details on the...
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Higher education leaders may not be directly responsible for preparing students for postsecondary success, but they are responsible for preparing their institutions to serve--in the best way possible--the students they admit. By asking themselves how they can be a student ready college, they can create a new culture of leadership that focuses on understanding and utilizing student assets and social capital to achieve their shared goals for student...
18) Freshman year
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Princeton Review helps you kick off your college search with this comprehensive guide to 1,366 public and private schools. Easily compare colleges by location, size, key academic programs, and much more. With the information in this book, you'll be armed with the tools you need to find the best college for you."--Page [4] of cover.