Anne D. Neal

What's A Parent to Do? (eBook, PDF)

How to Help Your Child Select the Right College

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Each year over a million newly-minted high school graduates enroll in four-year colleges and universities across the country. They do so often after a lengthy and almost always stressful selection process. Faced with growing evidence of declining standards, rising political correctness and spiraling costs, families feel more powerless than ever before - and question whether a college degree is really the key to the American dream. What is a parent to do? This book provides an answer. Higher education expert Anne Neal offers families a concise guide to finding the right college. Rejecting the notion that reputation is everything, this guide offers insightful chapters on curricula and teaching, campus and dorm life, freedom of thought and speech, and affordability - issues that are more and more in the news. Families are given a handy checklist of questions designed to help them zero in on key issues of quality and cost to ensure a college program that will provide the skills and knowledge needed for success after graduation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216293712
• Artikelnr.: 74847992

Autorenporträt

Anne D. Neal has spent more than two decades advancing higher education reform, first at the National Endowment for the Humanities and then at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Zeroing in on Your Schools
Chapter 1: Brace Yourself
Chapter 2: Make a Match
Doing Research
Chapter 3: Insist on Academic Substance
Chapter 4: Look for Serious and Responsible Teaching
Chapter 5: Understand Campus Culture and Dorm Life
Chapter 6: Get the Facts on Drinking and Socializing
Chapter 7: Put A Premium on Free Speech
Chapter 8: Aim for Four Years and Out
Chapter 9: Learn the Real Cost (by Dr. Richard Vedder)
Chapter 10: Visit with Eyes Open
Remaining Involved
Chapter 11: Stay Connected
Chapter 12: Conclusion: Jump Right In!
Postscript: Take Action
Acknowledgments
Selecting a College Checklist
Appendix A
Appendix B
Endnotes