The Scholarship Book 2001

The Scholarship Book 2001
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Total Pages : 638
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000046799937
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Synopsis The Scholarship Book 2001 by : Daniel J. Cassidy

The ultimate directory to thousands of scholarships for undergraduates has sold more than 1 million copies. No student or parent can afford to overlook these financial opportunities. To offset staggering education costs, nearly all students today need assistance. Over half of college financial aid comes from the private sector. From the world's largest private-sector financial aid database, Cassidy identifies: -- 4,000 private-sector scholarship sources -- 400,000 private-sector awards worth over 2 billion dollars -- Awards up to $40,000 per year -- Specific tuition savers and advice for how to apply In the competition for valuable college aid, this guide provides a distinct advantage over the others. Cassidy offers solid data on the benefits of private-sector scholarships, from earning multiple scholarships to which scholarships are renewable year-to-year. Organized in an easy-to-find format, The Scholarship Book 2001 makes the overwhelming world of private-sector funding manageable and beneficial to all types of students, regardless of grades, financial status, or school attending.

Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures

Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures
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Publisher : Modern Language Association
Total Pages : 543
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ISBN-10 : 9781603292399
ISBN-13 : 160329239X
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures by : David G. Nicholls

The third edition of the MLA's widely used Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures features sixteen new essays by leading scholars. Designed to highlight relations among languages and forms of discourse, the volume is organized into three sections. "Understanding Language" provides an overview of the field of linguistics, with special attention to language acquisition and the social life of languages. "Forming Texts" offers tools for understanding how speakers and writers shape language; it examines scholarship in the distinct but interrelated fields of rhetoric, composition, and poetics. "Reading Literature and Culture" continues the work of the first two sections by introducing major areas of critical study. The nine essays in this section cover textual and historical scholarship; interpretation; comparative, cultural, and translation studies; and the interdisciplinary topics of gender, sexuality, race, and migrations (among others). As in previous volumes, an epilogue examines the role of the scholar in contemporary society. Each essay discusses the significance, underlying assumptions, and limits of an important field of inquiry; traces the historical development of its subject; introduces key terms; outlines modes of research now being pursued; postulates future developments; and provides a list of suggestions for further reading. This book will interest any member of the academic community seeking a review of recent scholarship, while it provides an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of modern languages and literatures.

Illusion of Order

Illusion of Order
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0674038312
ISBN-13 : 9780674038318
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Synopsis Illusion of Order by : Bernard E. Harcourt

This is the first book to challenge the broken-windows theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken-windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of law abiders and disorderly people and of order and disorder, which have no intrinsic reality, independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society. How did the new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice--a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens--come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice.

Scholarship Revisited: Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching

Scholarship Revisited: Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching
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Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0787954470
ISBN-13 : 9780787954475
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Synopsis Scholarship Revisited: Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching by : Carolin Kreber

Despite growing literature and research, the scholarship of teaching is a subject that has experienced considerable ambiguity, as well as unresolved issues in its assessment and evaluation. With innovative and practical solutions designed to improve the scholarly process as a whole, this issue presents the outcomes of a Delphi Study conducted by an international panel of academics working in postsecondary teaching and learning and faculty evaluation scholarship. Examining the growth in the scholarship of teaching from different perspectives, the authors identify its important components, define its characteristics and outcomes, and reach consensus on its most pressing issues. They discuss in greater depth a model to guide much needed educational development initiatives as well as the crucial role of the faculty developer in promoting effective growth and development. Achieving their goal to present the scholarship of teaching in a way that is consistent with its research, the authors have contributed a valuable resource for current and future scholarship in this important field.

Scholarship

Scholarship
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ISBN-10 : 0130409782
ISBN-13 : 9780130409782
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Synopsis Scholarship by : Cassidy

The Scholarship Book 2001

The Scholarship Book 2001
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Publisher : Prentice Hall
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0130880086
ISBN-13 : 9780130880086
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Synopsis The Scholarship Book 2001 by : Daniel J. Cassidy

A guide to private-sector scholarships, grants, and loans, identifying over 400,000 awards worth more than two billion dollars; with tips for determining eligibility, and advice on writing essays and applications.

Wilderness and the American Mind

Wilderness and the American Mind
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9780300153507
ISBN-13 : 0300153503
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Wilderness and the American Mind by : Roderick Frazier Nash

DIVRoderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of “books that changed our world,” and it has been called the “Book of Genesis for environmentalists.” For the fifth edition, Nash has written a new preface and epilogue that brings Wilderness and the American Mind into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. Char Miller’s foreword provides a twenty-first-century perspective on how the environmental movement has changed, including the ways in which contemporary scholars are reimagining the dynamic relationship between the natural world and the built environment./div

The Scholarship Book 2001

The Scholarship Book 2001
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Total Pages : 537
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ISBN-10 : 073520196X
ISBN-13 : 9780735201965
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Synopsis The Scholarship Book 2001 by : Daniel J. Cassidy

A comprehensive guide to scholarships, grants and loans.

Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?

Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 0807047155
ISBN-13 : 9780807047156
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? by : Archon Fung

Although watchdog agencies monitor workplaces and press corporations to raise labor standards, these agencies are not enough; only coordinated action by consumers, monitors, unions, and nongovernmental organizations will threaten profits and force those who own corporations to care about the lives of those who work for them. Activists, scholars, and officials of the International Labor Organization and the World Bank respond to this provocative and hopeful proposal."--BOOK JACKET.