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  • Launching the First-Year Experience Movement

    The Founder's Journey

    by John N. Gardner ...
    “As an archetypal student success higher-educator myself, I did not enter this profession intentionally….But my life experiences did prepare me to be very successful at this work. So, what are those experiences, and types of knowledge, insight, skills that equip one to do this kind of work? This book is about encouraging the next generation of successors to use their experiences to become equity ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs

    A Guide for Practitioners

    by Gerald M. Greenfield, Jennifer R. Keup, John N. Gardner ...
    Developing and Sustaining Successful First -Year ProgramsFirst-year programs and interventions have become critical launching pads for student success and retention in higher education. However, these programs often flounder not because of what they are trying to do, but because of the ways in which they are implemented.Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs offers faculty, ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • Students Helping Students

    A Guide for Peer Educators on College Campuses

    by Fred B. Newton, Steven C. Ender ...
    This second edition offers a practical training guide for college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, or advisors for their peers. This thoroughly revised and updated volume contains a fundamental discussion on student growth and development and provides learning objectives and self-discovery exercises to help student leaders with tasks such as tutoring, student orientation, ... Read more

    $34.00 USD

  • The Transfer Experience

    A Handbook for Creating a More Equitable and Successful Postsecondary System

    Edited by John N. Gardner, Michael J. Rosenberg, Andrew K. Koch ...
    Co-published with At last there is a handbook that everyone in higher education can use to help increase transfer student success. This comprehensive resource has been brought together to meet the need for a truly holistic approach to the transfer experience. The book brings together research, theory, practical applications, programmatic illustrations, case studies, encouragement, and inspiration, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • From Educational Experiment to Standard Bearer

    University 101 at the University of South Carolina

    Edited by Daniel B. Friedman, Tracy L. Skipper, Catherine S. Greene ...
    An exploration of the University of South Carolina's trailblazing approach to the first-year experienceAs an innovative educational experiment, University 101 was designed to support students' transition to and success in college. Now, fifty years after its inception, the program continues to bring national recognition to the University of South Carolina.From Educational Experiment to Standard ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Helping Sophomores Succeed

    Understanding and Improving the Second Year Experience

    by Mary Stuart Hunter, John N. Gardner, Scott E. Evenbeck, Jerry A. Pattengale, Molly Schaller, Laurie A. Schreiner, Barbara F. Tobolowsky ...
    Helping Sophomores Succeed offers an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the common challenges that arise in a student's second year of college. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina's National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience® and Students in Transition, this groundbreaking book offers an examination of second-year student success and satisfaction using both quantitative ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • Innovations in Higher Education

    Igniting the Spark for Success

    by Linda L. Baer, David Bonsall, Jeff Bonsall, Patricia A. Breen, Michael Bunch, Michael R. Chipps, Rosanna Stoll Diaz, Scott Epstein, Barbara A. Farley, Eugene Finnegan, Marilyn Hansmann, Rachel Harris, Darren Henderson, Adam Honea, John Holzhüter, Dionne Jones-Malone, Joseph Kovach, Henry J. Lindborg, Daniel Lowry, James H. McCormick, Christine Miller, Cinch L. Munson, Michael J. Offerman, William Pepicello, Nancy S. Perryman, Jeff Rabey, Lee Rasch, Jeffrey Seybert, David Sill, Patricia A. Stockert, Barbara Taylor, Linda M. Thor, Russell J. Watson, Dave Weber, Betsy O. Barefoot, John N. Gardner ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and ... Read more

    $67.29 USD

  • Grendel

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic."An extraordinary achievement."—New York TimesThe first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel William ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Art of Fiction

    Notes on Craft for Young Writers

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • On Becoming a Novelist

    by John Gardner ...
    The classic for serious fiction writers: "The book is the result of John Gardner's twenty-odd years of teaching experience, and it shows" (Anne Tyler).In this essential guide, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops, the developmental stages of literary growth, and the inevitable experience of writer's block. Drawn from his two ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gudgekin the Thistle Girl

    And Other Tales

    by John Gardner ...
    John Gardner's classic fairy-tale collection depicts a world where anything can happen—and often doesA humble thistle girl, a wise old philosopher, a hapless woodchopper, and an unscrupulous king—these are the vivid protagonists of Gardner's masterful book for children. Richly and humorously drawn, they face challenges at every turn. And in a realm where any one of these unconventional heroes ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Suicide Mountains

    by John Gardner ...
    A shapeshifter, a stepdaughter, and a prince look for reasons to live in this stunning fable from the New York Times–bestselling author of October Light.In this wonderful fantasy, John Gardner weaves tales within tales to bring a magical world to vivid life. When three travelers on their way to the Suicide Mountains meet an enigmatic man, the Abbot of the Ancient Monastery, they begin a series of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus