What to Consider If You're Considering College (eBook)

New Rules for Education and Employment

Ken S. Coates, Bill Morrison (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
194 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-2374-0 (ISBN)

Infos

If you listen to the general chatter from parents, guidance counselors, and politicians, you would think that college is the only option that ensures your future success. That's no longer true. This book is designed to help anyone who is under thirty and lives in the United States make the best possible educational and career choices.

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Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case. For some students, it's still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than to a steady paycheck.Yet parents, guidance counsellors, and politicians still push higher education as if it's the only option for building a secure future. In this book, Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison set out to explore the many educational opportunities and career paths open to high-school students and those in their twenties. This book is designed to help Americans in their teens and twenties decide whether to pursue a degree, enrol for skills training, or investigate one of the many other options that are available.

Autor

Ken S. Coates has more than twenty-five years of post-secondary experience in education in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Japan. Coates has been a department head, dean of arts, dean of arts and science, and university vice-president. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Bill Morrison has taught at Duke University as well as at universities in Canada. Morrison has been a department head and dean of research and graduate studies. He lives in Ladysmith, British Columbia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.5.2015
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 1 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Career path • Choice • Decision • degree • diploma • Education • Graduation • High school students • job hunting • job readiness • Job Search • options • Parents • post-secondary education • Skills Training • Success • University
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-2374-0 / 1459723740
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-2374-0 / 9781459723740