Summary: In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both famous and up-and-coming write testimonials about the schools and experiences that shaped their lives and made them who they are today. Edited by the host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday , Ayesha Rascoe--with a distinguished and diverse set of contributors including Oprah Winfrey, Stacey Abrams,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 HBCSolomon, Rachel Lynn
Summary: Rowan and Neil, in a committed long-distance relationship while attending different colleges in Boston and New York City, face the challenges of navigating the first months of college life and personal struggles as they strive to make their relationship last.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC SOLTough, Paul
Summary: "The best-selling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 TOUSmith, Jay M.
Summary: "Examines athletic-academic corruption at UNC-Chapel Hill and in NCAA athletics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 SMICollins, Anna
Summary: "Most people agree that student-athletes work hard at both their sport and their studies, but opinions differ about whether they should be paid. Is playing a sport just like any other job, or is it an extracurricular activity? Do athletes deserve monetary compensation for putting their bodies on the line, or is a scholarship reward enough? These and other issues are explored through alternating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.04 COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social Point CollinsFrank, Julie Ferber
Summary: "With candor, humor, and tons of tips, [this book] leads you step by step through the entire process of crafting a killer college application essay. See how to brainstorm ideas, use easy-to-understand examples as a model, and read inspiring real-life admissions success stories"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 FRADeresiewicz, William
Summary: A sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to 'practical' subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 378 DERFiske, Edward B.
Summary: "Every college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for 40 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc. 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.0025 FISDeresiewicz, William
Summary: "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 DEREsaki-Smith, Anna
Summary: "This book provides a new, innovative way for students to navigate the college application landscape. It shows students how selecting a college can be a strategic tool to direct one's future, rather than a frenzied exercise in applying to what others have deemed the "best" universities for everyone regardless of their career goals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESASummary: For more than 500 years, Porterhouse College has cherished tradition above all else. Unfortunately, its traditions mostly involve decadent banquets, drunkenness, and undistinguished scholarship. Enter Sir Godber Evans, a new master hell-bent on reform. Of course, the dinosaurs on the faculty resist him at every term. But Head Porter Skullion emerges as Sir Godber's most formidable foe--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PORSummary: "The Official Digital SAT Study Guide provides a comprehensive resource for understanding updates to the SAT in the digital format. It includes four official practice tests--all created by the test maker. As part of College Board's commitment to access, practice tests are also available in the digital testing platform, Bluebook, at no charge. However, the guide is the only place to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: College Board 2023
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Summary: "A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and daughters during their wash day rituals." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter / Publishers 2024
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Summary: The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Declining by Degrees, veteran correspondent, John Merrow looks at what’s really going on in higher education. This monumental project gathers sixteen essayists that ask tough—and long overdue—questions about our colleges and universities. This film blows higher education’s cover, showing that the multi-billion dollar enterprise of higher education has gone astray, allowing as many as 20% of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Buchanan, Raeghan
Summary: Delve into the largely overlooked footprint that Black punks have on the underground music scene in a new archival publication brought to you by Raeghan Buchanan and Silver Sprocket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Sprocket 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUCSummary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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Summary: "Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. "I don't know why I'm telling you this," people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.25 KROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KROUSE, ERIKA KROFlowers, Ebony
Summary: "Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming 'too white' in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In 'Virgin Hair', taunts of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FLOWellington, Joelle
Summary: "'You must work twice as hard to get half as much.' Adina Walker has known this the entire time she's been on scholarship at the prestigious Edgewater Academy--a school for the rich (and mostly white) upper class of New England. It's why she works so hard to be perfect and above reproach, no matter what she must force beneath the surface. Even one slip can cost you everything. And it does. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WELSummary: From Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director Kirby Dick, and Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Amy Ziering comes a startling expose of sexual assault on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together cinema verite footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUNSummary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PORSperber, Murray A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.043 SPEDabiri, Emma
Summary: Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society's perception of black hair--and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020