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Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make

Peter Cappelli · PublicAffairs
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of the financial risk involved.Adding to the confusion, the same degree can cost dramatically different amounts for different people. A barrage of advertising offers new degrees...
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Practical electronics : components and techniques

John M Hughes, (Systems engineer) · O'Reilly Media
Format:  Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats

How much do you need to know about electronics to create something interesting, or creatively modify something that already exists? If you'd like to build an electronic device, but don't have much experience with electronics components, this hands-on workbench reference helps you find...
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The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry

Elizabeth Woyke · The New Press

We think we know everything about our smartphones. We use them constantly. We depend on them for every conceivable purpose. We are familiar with every inch of their compact frames. But there is more to the smartphone than meets the eye. How have smartphones shaped the way we socialize and interact?...
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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Ronald W Fry · Course Technology
Pages: 182
Format: eBook

Tough interview questions are inevitable in today's competitive job market. Ron Fry's "101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions" has helped more than 500,000 job seekers pinpoint what employers are really asking with every question, and more importantly: what...
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Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability

Linda Suskie , · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Meet calls for increased quality and understand accreditation expectationsAuthor Linda Suskie is internationally recognized for her work in higher education assessment, and she is a former vice president of a major regional accreditor. In Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide...
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Confessions of a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education

John Owens · Sourcebooks

An explosive new look at the pressures on todays teachers and the pitfalls of school reform, Confessions of a Bad Teacher presents a passionate appeal to save public schools, before its too late. When John Owens left a lucrative job to teach English at a public school in New York Citys...
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum

Kennedy Odede · Ecco Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Find Me Unafraid tells the uncommon love story between two uncommon people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor. With a Foreword by Nicholas Kristof.This is the story of two young people from completely different...
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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide

Peri Pakroo · NOLO; Fifth Edition edition

Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guideRescue a school library. Preserve an endangered species. Support the arts. Whatever it is you want to do to give back to your community, Starting & Building a Nonprofit provides the kick start you need.Filled with user-friendly...
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use

Nolo Editors · NOLO; Ninth Edition edition

101 Law Forms for Personal Use gives you forms and step-by-step instructions to cover the legal issues you're most likely to face every day. . bills of sale for buying and selling personal property . promissory notes for lending and borrowing money . a basic will form and general...
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Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World

David Perkins · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

How to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter mostEveryone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless other directions. But how do we know what today's learners will really need to know...
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