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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (222 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
COLLEGE BEHIND BARS is the story of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees in the rigorous Bard Prison Initiative. The four-part documentary series reveals the transformative power of education.
22) John Woman
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition, first Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
At twelve years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's East Village. Five years later, as Herman lives out his last days, he shares his wisdom with his son, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After his father dies and his mother disappears, Cornelius sets...
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
2020 edition, 28th edition.
Physical Desc
843 pages ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A survey of life on the nation's campuses offers profiles of the best colleges and rankings of colleges in sixty-two different categories, along with application tips.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
As the number of students on the autism spectrum attending college steadily climbs, schools and students alike are trying to figure out how to manage the unique challenges experienced by this community. Getting accepted is often easy enough, but once on campus, navigating college can be challenging in many ways, often leaving students to figure it out as they go along. Five students on the autism spectrum — Guillermo, Jasmine, Caroline, Jonathan,...
25) Happy Valley
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary HAPPY VALLEY takes an unflinching look at an iconic American institution in the wake of unthinkable scandal. Nestled in the idyllic area known as Happy Valley lies the town of State College and the home of Penn State University. For over 40 years, Joe Paterno was the celebrated head coach of the school's storied football team. Lauded not only for his program's success on the field, but also for students’ achievements...
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead, he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori, walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister and his best friend, Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.
28) Begin again
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
College freshman Andie is used to fixing other people's problems, but when her seemingly perfect plan for her future starts to crumble, Andie struggles to fix them and learns that the best-laid plans are not necessarily the right one
30) Fail State
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, FAIL STATE investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling the decades of policy decisions in Washington, D.C. that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the film lays bare how for-profit colleges exploit millions of low-income and minority students, leaving them with worthless degrees and drowning...
31) The pledge
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Sam is in danger once again when a copycat masked killer starts targeting fraternity brothers, forcing Sam to figure out who the killer is before he loses his second chance or the lives of any more of his friends.
32) Orange County
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shaun Brumder dreams of attending Stanford but when his guidance counselor sends the wrong transcripts with his application, he is rejected and must use any method necessary to get accepted.
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This collection of interconnected contemporary YA short stories, written by Gen Z authors, explores different parts of "the college experience," from questioning your major to questioning your identity"--
34) Straight man
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 391 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"William Henry Devereaux, Jr., spiritually suited to playing left field but forced by a bad hamstring to try first base, is the unlikely chairman of the English department at West Central Pennsylvania University. Over the course of a single convoluted week, he threatens to execute a goose, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, discovers that his secretary writes better fiction than he does, suspects his wife of having an affair with his dean, and...
35) Beyond the Dream
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Two aspiring teachers create a college readiness program to help students in El Paso, TX achieve their college dreams.
37) Allendes Enkel
Publisher
Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
For years pupils and students have been protesting in Chile against the privatization of the educational system. Thousands demonstrated for their right to free education. By 2012 the protests began to decrease. Today only one school in Santiago is still occupied. The violent raiding of the school by the police could happen at any time, so who are these pupils and what are they demanding?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on new adventures with the other Avonlea folks attending Redmond-a group that includes her friend Gilbert Blythe. At Redmond Anne meets Philippa Gordon, a frivolous but charming girl who pulls Anne into the center of the Redmond social scene. As Anne becomes the object of several boys' affection,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 222 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers a step-by-step guide to the college application process with an analysis of the common application, a detailed study of the application essays, and a look at common myths and misconceptions about the on-campus interview.
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