Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Counseling - Academic Development

Is pursuit of the doctorate the ultimate intellectual “survival of the fittest” challenge? Are there common characteristics and experiences that result in success while earning the PhD? Can examining the experiences of individuals successful in pursuing the doctorate lead us towards learning how to increase success rates and decrease doctoral attrition?

The intent of this work is to address these questions and highlight the experiences of those who have earned or are in pursuit of the doctorate. Through learning from the varied experiences of those who have earned or...

Why the liberal arts are in decline and why you should care.

What are the intellectual and spiritual roots of liberal arts learning in the West?

Why a liberal arts education rooted in the Great Books is the best education and where you can find it today.

Where despite the truth that we are on the edge of the abyss.

Why the liberal arts are in decline and why you should care.

What are the intellectual and spiritual roots of liberal arts learning in the West?

Why a liberal arts education rooted in the Great Books is the best education and where you can find it today.

Where despite the truth that we are on the edge of the abyss.

What assistance can be provided to disadvantaged youngsters to help them conquer the many challenges they face while growing up? At-Risk Children & Youth: Resiliency Explored analyzes the results from accumulated research on the risk and resiliency of children and youth in Ireland. Author Niall McElwee explains many of the challenges faced by children, including poor literacy and numeracy skills, poverty, distrust, and other difficult issues. Practical strategies are presented to help disadvantaged children and youth to overcome societal and self-imposed barriers for improvement. A...

Armed with deep insights from more than a quarter century in senior Public Sector service, and years of passionate research into the vexing phenomenon of Corruption, the Author presents a scholarly, yet lucid 360-degree review on the topic for serious students of the subject and practitioners of Ethical Oversight and Vigilance. Merging the hither-to separately explored streams of Ethics and Corruption research, the Author builds a case for a holistic, multidisciplinary, and most importantly, preventive outlook on Corruption. 

Vinayan first collates the perspectives on Corruption...

Armed with deep insights from more than a quarter century in senior Public Sector service, and years of passionate research into the vexing phenomenon of Corruption, the Author presents a scholarly, yet lucid 360-degree review on the topic for serious students of the subject and practitioners of Ethical Oversight and Vigilance. Merging the hither-to separately explored streams of Ethics and Corruption research, the Author builds a case for a holistic, multidisciplinary, and most importantly, preventive outlook on Corruption. 

Vinayan first collates the perspectives on Corruption...

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for most, things are not nearly so simple. Armed with your hard-earned degree the possibilities and career paths lying before you are limitless, and the number of choices you suddenly have to make can seem bewildering.

Life After Biological Sciences has been written specifically to help students currently studying, or who have recently graduated, make informed choices about their future. It will be a source of invaluable advice and wisdom...