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Foundations of Academic Success - Words of Wisdom
Thomas C. Priester · SUNY Genesee Community College
This text introduces you to the various aspects of student and academic life on campus and prepares you to thrive as a successful college student (since there is a difference between a college student and a successful college student). Each section of is framed by self-authored, true-to-life short stories from actual State University of New York (SUNY) students, employees, and alumni. The advice they share includes a variety of techniques to help you cope with the demands of college.
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Contemporary Families in the US: An Equity Lens 2e
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
This text provides students with a foundational understanding of the changing experiences and needs of contemporary families in the United States. It emphasizes the multi-directional influence of social structure as well as the impacts of difference, power, and oppression. Using an intersectional lens and placing the diversity of families at its core, the text prepares students with a range of majors and career paths.
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Introduction to Ecology
Sara Kappus · Evergreen Valley College
Có trong mục lục: 1.03: The Process of Science
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Our Human Story: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Rachel Mitchell · Gavilan College
Có trong mục lục: 2.02: Science as Process
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Public Values Leadership: Striving to Achieve Democratic Ideals
Barry Bozeman & Michael M. Crow · Arizona State University
Public Values Leadership: Striving to Achieve Democratic Ideals explores leadership focusing on collective goods (health, freedom, and security) rather than private gains using case studies and interviews. This LibreTexts has been sourced from a version held by Project Muse at Johns Hopkins University
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Criminal Justice
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This book introduces key concepts in the U.S. criminal justice system. It explores the structure and function of law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Topics include the definition of crime, due process, roles of police, legal procedures, and prison systems. The book also covers challenges like racial disparity, reform, and the balance between crime control and individual rights, aiming to provide a foundational understanding of the justice system.
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The Grim Educator
Cathryn van Kessel · University of Alberta
This site is for educators (and anyone else) who may be interested in the ways that death and evil shape how we interact with others and shape our world.By engaging with the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Ernest Becker, as well as borrowing from terror management theory (TMT) in social psychology, we hope to provoke thinking about how our conscious and unconscious approaches to evil and death impact education (and our lives).We hope to update this site regularly with new ideas and lessons, so keep c
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Write or Left
Sybil Priebe · North Dakota State College of Science
In this book, we'll go over some of the general principles of writing practices as well as advice and tips on how to write creatively, but mainly, you’ll be introduced to as many genres and categories as possible. We won’t get bogged down in doing the writing process “perfectly” or creating “perfect literature.” The goal is to learn about as many genres as possible, practice writing in those genres, and get feedback.
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Six Steps To Job Search Success
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
This book is a practical discussion of six actionable steps that students can take to land a job regardless of the market. Whether the estimate is 25% unemployment or single-digit unemployment, that number doesn't apply to any one student. For any individual, the unemployment rate is 0% or 100%. One either has a job or doesn't. When any one person is looking for a job and there is 10% unemployment, that person just wants to be one of the nine people that has a job.
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COMM10: Survey of Human Communication
De Anza College
A textbook that merges chapters from Communication in the Real World and Public Speaking Project to create a Fundamentals of Oral Communication book [CID:COMM115 and CID:COMM180] for use by De Anza College. This course meets the Oral Communication GE requirement.
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OCLUE: Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything
Melanie M. Cooper & Michael W. Klymkowsky · LibreTexts
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon and carbon-containing compounds. Since the core structural, catalytic, information storage, and retrieval systems of organisms are carbon-based macromolecules, organic chemistry is of direct relevance to the life sciences. Just as importantly, the properties of carbon make possible an amazing range of molecules with unique properties, from small molecules to complex plastics and even more complex biomolecules.
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Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
J.J. Sylvia IV · Fitchburg State University
This textbook examines communication and media studies, covering key communication theories and illustrating how to develop information and media literacy through critical thinking and rhetorical analysis. It also discusses the historical evolution and impact of mass media until the present day.
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Mindfulness for Lawyers
Justine Dunlap · University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Lawyer and law student distress have been a not-so-well-kept secret for decades. Fortunately, law schools have begun to address this problem, rather than viewing it as a necessary or even honorable rite of passage. For instance, law schools have incorporated wellness opportunities. They have also de-emphasized the use and misuse of alcohol as a lubricant to help students ignore the stress and distress.
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Principles of Social Psychology 1e International Edition
Rajiv Jhangiani and Hammond Tarry · Brock University and Adler School of Professional Psychology
This textbook provides students with an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of social psychology from an interactionist perspective. The presentation of classic studies and theories are balanced with insights from cutting-edge, contemporary research. An emphasis on real world examples and applications is intended to guide students to critically analyze their situations and social interactions in order to put their knowledge to effective use.
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COMM 301: Public Speaking (DeMercurio)
LibreTexts
This course prepares students to speak in a variety of rhetorical situations: academic, professional, social, and political. Students will demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal delivery, ethical research methodology, analytical thinking and listening skills, organization and outlining skills, and appropriate presentation skills. In order to effectively assess oral communication competency, this course requires faculty-supervised, faculty-evaluated oral presentations in the presence of othe
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Lifespan Development
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
Lifespan Development examines the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout a lifetime. This course covers the essentials in understanding human development, psychological research, and theories of growth and development and explores the lifespan perspective through each of the major stages of development: prenatal development, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood (including emerging adulthood), middle adulthood, and late adulthood.
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NUTRI 300: Nutrition
Julie Tharalson · Sacramento City College
Có trong mục lục: 1.4: The Broad Role of Nutritional Science
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BIS 2B: Introduction to Biology - Ecology & Evolution
Laci M. Gerhart-Barley · University of California, Davis
BIS 2B is part of the UC Davis Biological Sciences lower division core sequence and is designed to provide a foundation for study of modern biology for a broad range of majors. BIS 2B explores the ecological and evolutionary processes that shape biological diversity and acquaints you with the physical challenges of the environment.
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CSCI 110: Programming with C++
Sandra Ruiz · Crafton Hills College
Introduction to computer science, including programming, theory, and applications. Introduction to computer software design, implementation, methods, environment, and problem solving using the C++ language. Topics include data types, variables, expressions, input/output, control structures, functions, arrays, strings, and introduction to object-oriented programming
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ANTHRO 130: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Carlos Bazua · Diablo Valley College
This is a class of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. The chapters selected to make this free textbook are a compilation of writings that are meant to introduce you to the basics of anthropological research. This is an auxiliary source, most of the class will be completed on canvas, but you will need to read these articles to get familiar with the history, theory and methodology of anthropology. [This is an image from a Mural by Mexican artist Jorge González Camarena (1908-1980).