Product Description: A Study of Participation in College Activities was first published in 1954. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions...read more

Analyzes the variety of reactions felt by different groups of Americans during a period of economic development and social conflict

This succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical reasoning successfully dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking world through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. The text offers a unique and effective organization: Part I explains the fundamental concepts; Part II describes the most common barriers to critical thinking; Part III offers strategies for overcoming those barriers; Part IV offers a selection of contemporary issues that invite students to practice their skills.

Product Description: Book by Upcraft, M. Lee, Pilato, Guy T.

Product Description: Book by Astin, Alexander W.

For courses in Religions of the World, History of Religions, Comparative Religion, and Introduction to Religious Studies in departments of Religion, Religious Studies, Theology, and Philosophy.Unique in approach, this text combines an historical-descriptive presentation of individual religions with a comparative-thematic approach. It begins with a discussion of the basic human questions and concerns relating to religion--e.g., origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life--and then uses these essential concepts to help describe the beliefs, practices, and historical development of each religion. As the work of a single scholar--much of it based on original research--this book offers a consistency and depth missing in many of the texts in this field.

Product Description: It is our intent in this volume of New Directions for Student Services to encourage examination of the ethical quality of practices in the student services professions, to use professional ethical codes as reference points, to understand how individual codes differ from one another and why those differences may have arisen, to explore the application of ethical principles to ethical decision making, to apply some role definitions and see how their descriptors affect our meeting of ethical resposibilites to one another, and in general, to elevate our inquiry into ethical matters to levels above the minima criteria required by laws and our formal codes...read more

Little Brown Bear attempts to prove to his Mama and Papa that he is not too little to go fishing

Product Description: This book draws on the experiences of hundreds of institutions to offer practical advice and guidelines for how to improve retention and foster student success and satisfaction.

Product Description: A treasury of proven problem-solving techniques, ideas, and strategies to help elementary principals communicate more effectively with students, parents, teachers, and the community. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Some spine creasing and edge wear. A few small scratches on front and back covers. No marks, clean and intact. Ships very quickly and packaged carefully!

Product Description: "How do you capture the essence, the reality, and the significance of a professional activity that is fluid, dynamic, extensive, and at times controversial? Komives and Woodard have done the virtual impossible with their Student Services Handbook...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides advice on designing a high school career with an eye to college admission and success in higher education, and outlines study skills