Student Hunger and the Hidden Costs of Campus Affluence
How exceptional low-income students navigate and pursue opportunity in prestige-oriented universities at the personal cost of hunger. Beneath the veneer of prestige and promise, a hidden issue pervades the campuses of America's selective universities. In Starving the Dream, Nathan F. Alleman, Cara Cliburn Allen, and Sarah E. Madsen reveal the ......
Navigating Educational Challenges and Creating Possibilities
How do youth placed in foster care aspire to and access college? This book chronicles the lives and experiences of 49 college students navigating the challenging terrain of the United States' foster care system. Through in-depth interviews, Johnson provides insight into the harsh realities of how our nation's educational and welfare systems often ......
Navigating Educational Challenges and Creating Possibilities
How do youth placed in foster care aspire to and access college? This book chronicles the lives and experiences of 49 college students navigating the challenging terrain of the United States' foster care system. Through in-depth interviews, Johnson provides insight into the harsh realities of how our nation's educational and welfare systems often ......
A History of the John Martinson Honors College, 2013-2023
Forging the Future: A History of the John Martinson Honors College, 2013-2023 is the story of a collaborative effort to build a visionary place: an academic-residential college that would bring together students from across disciplines and differences to rethink the goals and practices of a college education. Designed to be a hub for ......
The Founding and Early History of Purdue University's Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center is the result of an oral history project conducted in 2020-2021 on the founding process and first five years of the AAARCC at Purdue University. Richly illustrated, the book captures voices of individuals and organizations who were on campus ......
'From Wellbeing to Well-doing' is an applied, hands-on book that incorporates wellbeing skills such as mindfulness and resilience into learning practice and critical thinking. This mix of well-being, well-learning and well-thinking are all supported by practical, actionable advice, hence the term 'well doing'. The focus is on allowing you to develop excellent learning practices by using constructive tools to support quality thinking. This is not a book about physical wellbeing with some background context, it is a well-balanced introduction to all of the skills that empower you as a student and encourage success. Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student, this book has the examples and tools that map the needs of the widest interpretation of social science students. Key features: Practical advice for action, the applied nature of the book and its focus on well-doing. Triangle of well-being, well-learning and well-thinking gives a grounded introduction for you to succeed at university. This book covers a solid mix of soft and academic skills, with a good coverage of learning techniques and tools for your academic success. Important wellbeing subjects all covered, such as 'physical', 'stress', 'resilience', and 'sleep'. Content to jump-start critical thinking skills within the specific context of academia. Global case studies to show awareness of diversity of experience depending on gender, race, country of study, disabilities and age.
The Urgency of Reinventing Education Policy in America
Education policies have too often ignored how conditions outside of school can alter life chances for young people, especially students of color, before they even reach the classroom. More recently, COVID-19 has made it impossible to overlook the needs of the whole child, both inside and outside of school. The authors assert that responding to a ......
The Urgency of Reinventing Education Policy in America
Education policies have too often ignored how conditions outside of school can alter life chances for young people, especially students of color, before they even reach the classroom. More recently, COVID-19 has made it impossible to overlook the needs of the whole child, both inside and outside of school. The authors assert that responding to a ......
