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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9780692783818

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Public University Press
ISBN-10
0692783814
ISBN-13
9780692783818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20069201166

Product Key Features

Publication Name
Inside Honors : Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
College Guides, Reference, Higher
Type
Textbook
Author
John Willingham
Subject Area
Education, Study Aids
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
32.7 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in

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Trade
Reviews
About the previoius edition, NY Times Columnist Frank Bruni, the author of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, advised his readers that "they'd be wise to consult a website and book that, surprisingly, fly somewhat under the radar in an era when applicants and their parents are hungrier than ever for any college-admissions resource that might help. "The book could use a title snappier and sexier than the one it has, 'A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs.' It was first published in 2012 and updated [in 2014]. It's linked to publicuniversityhonors.com, which began in 2011 and, like the book, provides thorough appraisals of individual honors colleges and programs and intelligent thoughts on how they fit into the higher-education landscape."
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Yes
Synopsis
INSIDE HONORS provides an in-depth look at the "ground game" of public university honors programs--their curriculum requirements, number and type of honors classes, actual class sizes and graduation rates, honors dorm features and room availability, priority registration for all courses, and the record of winning prestigious awards., How do parents and prospective students have any idea about the true quality of an honors program, assuming that the students enrolled have met high admission standards? Understanding what makes a program substantive must begin with an analysis of the "ground game," the graduation requirements, the specific mix of classes by discipline, the total number of honors sections, actual class sizes, honors grad rates--and, yes, the availability of special housing and perks, including priority registration for all courses. These factors and others are rated for the 50 honors colleges and programs listed below. Another 10 programs receive unrated, summary reviews Find out if honors programs are really a combination of a "liberal arts college in the midst of a prominent research university, with all the advantages of both"? This typical description of public honors programs is sometimes true, sometimes misleading, and fairly often offset by equivalent values that are not mentioned in the hype. College choice almost always involves money. Is that private college that your National Merit Scholar has always dreamed of attending really worth an extra $30,000 a year, since all merit aid at the private college is need-based, and your income, even with a family of four, leaves such a big balance? What, then, might make a public honors option truly competitive? It might be those eight honors math sections, or those interdisciplinary seminars at every class level, or that study-abroad stipend to attend Oxford in the summer, or that (mostly) quiet honors dorm with on-site dining, mentors, and study lounges on every floor, or the combination of writing, rhetoric, and honors business classes that will make your student a well-rounded success in life. And, often, it will be that merit award worth $10,000 a year, to go with a waiver of out-of-state tuition. Yes, honors programs are complicated, but so are your college choice decisions. To understand exactly what these programs offer, parents and prospective students need to look inside honors. Rated Programs: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Colorado State, Connecticut, CUNY Macaulay, Delaware, Georgia, Georgia State, Houston, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, LSU, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey Inst Tech, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, South Carolina, South Dakota, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UC Irvine, Univ of Central Florida, UT Austin, Utah, Vermont, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, Washington, Washington State. Editor John Willingham has spent five years researching and writing about public university honors programs. This is his third book on the subject.

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