Available as an e-book at oreilly.com and the iBookstore.
This book covers four-year colleges as well as two-year and vocational education opportunities.
College is a mystery to most teens in middle and high schools. Although many of them have the notion they should pursue higher education, they often feel intimidated and overwhelmed when making decisions about their futures.
This guide is a fun and interesting way for students to get their first real look at college. It gives a great overview of everything to expect when exploring college; takes the guesswork out of preparing for life beyond high school; and covers four-year colleges as well as two-year and vocational education options. The Kids' College Almanac is also packed with fun trivia facts, lists of famous alumni, school nicknames, and other interesting information. In addition, readers will learn how to apply for financial aid and fill out an admission application.
This edition includes updated financial aid information in relation to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, information on revised SAT guidelines, and all new charts and tables with college facts and figures.
Barbara C. Greenfeld is the associate vice president of Enrollment Services at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, where she administers admissions, academic, advising, testing, registration, and financial aid services. She is an honors graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and received her M.S. with honors from Johns Hopkins University.
The programs that Greenfeld has developed have received local and national recognition, including the National Academic Advising Association’s Outstanding Advising Program Award (for Howard Community College’s Freshman Focus Program). She has also been instrumental in developing many other unique programs at the college, including the innovative James W. Rouse Scholars, Silas Craft Collegians, Early Entrance Programs, the Rouse Scholar-Dickinson College Study Abroad Partnership, HCC’s Pay for College initiative, and a variety of early college awareness programs for elementary, middle, and high school students and their parents.
She also has been a consultant to other colleges in developing similar programs. In addition, Greenfeld has served on the LPN Standards Committee of CGFNS International. Throughout her career, Greenfeld has worked extensively in the areas of outreach; open, selective, and competitive admissions; assessment; physical and learning disabilities; international student admissions; transfer programs; and the development of learning communities.
Robert A. Weinstein has worked in educational publishing for more than 25 years. He is an honors graduate of Colby College and received his M.B.A. from Harvard University.
As an editor for McGraw-Hill and other publishers, he has visited hundreds of colleges across the country and has published dozens of successful texts as well as numerous supplements using a wide range of media.
As head of Gerson Publishing Company, Weinstein edited much of the HarperCollins College Outline Series and is the author of numerous materials aimed at helping high school students make a successful transition to college. He is active in community theater and is president of Oasis Players in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he directs, produces, and performs in family theater and musical concerts.
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