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64) Developing and implementing promising practices and programs for first-generation college students
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"As first-generation students gain greater access to higher education, faculty and staff at colleges and universities must provide intentional engagement that supports their persistence and graduation. This book serves as guidebook for higher education practitioners seeking to implement or enhance first-generation programming at their institutions. Chapters provide detailed descriptions of the development, implementation, and assessment of programs...
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2018.
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"In America, having a mental illness has become a crime. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with mental illness. The country's tree largest providers of mental health care are not hospitals, but jails. As many as half the people in US jails and prisons has a psychiatric disorder. In [this book], journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to reveal how America's tough-on-crime policies have transformed it...
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c2012
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The authors draw from their study of partnership and the training of parents and professionals to describe how to build partnerships between parents of children with disabilities and professionals like teachers, home visitors, administrators, paraprofessionals, early interventionists, and therapists.
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2019.
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"Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25 percent or more Latinx students--are among the fastest-growing segments in America. They now represent 13 percent of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and enroll 62 percent of all Latinx college students. As they increase in number, the question remains: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? What special...
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Pub. Date
1993
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Never before have so many choices and so much information been available to women about life-style, health, family, legal rights, and their own history. Now The Women's Desk Reference, the first general reference book to address the broad spectrum of women's concerns, brings a kaleidoscope of information together for one-step access. The Women's Desk Reference contains more than fifteen hundred alphabetically arranged entries, carefully researched...
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[2005]
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Practical, easy-to-follow guidelines for anyone interested in adopting a child; More than 1,200 Internet sites at your fingertips that will increase your chances of finding the child for you; Simple techniques thousands of parents have used to successfully adopt with the help of the Internet; Includes writing and posting a Dear Birth Parent letter that works; Details warning signs of scams and how to pinpoint individuals who can hinder your adoption;...
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Pub. Date
2014
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"A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman's volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia-a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community. Begun with just $50 in the pocket of Wayne Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple...
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