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Student debt : a reference handbook / by Elliott, William,III.; Lewis, Melinda K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Background and history -- 1958 : National Defense Student Loan program -- 1965 : The Higher Education Act-Loan Guarantees -- 1972 : Education amendments -- Ascendance of student loans within the financial aid system -- Sallie Mae -- 1978 : Middle-Income Student Assistance Act -- 1980s : Student loans become the dominant paradigm in financial aid -- Changing perceptions of student loans -- pt. 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions : following borrowers, protecting creditors -- defining the "problem" as one of repayment strain leads to narrowly focused "solutions" -- Tweaks around the margins rather than fundamental reconsiderations -- Information as the answer -- Putting a lid on student borrowing-is "nothing" better than student debt? -- Channeling momentum for good -- Free college? -- How about a bailout? -- pt. 3. Perspectives : Student debt : how did we get here and why should we worry? / Mark Huelsman -- Student loans and bankruptcy in the United States / Rajeev Darolia -- Advice from our side of the FAFSA / Scott and Mandy Sponholtz -- Developing a mind-set for paying off student debt / Phil Schuman -- Education : still valuable, just not equitable / Melinda Lewis -- The college conundrum-does student debt cancel out the value of higher education? / Aaron Conrad -- Profiles. Researchers -- Journalists -- Research and policy organizations -- Organizations providing resources and relief for borrowers -- Student groups and movements -- Media organizations -- Data and documents.Offering answers to essential questions about student debt and many connected issues, this book examines student debt in the United States at every stage of the process--from the banks that issue the loans to the colleges and universities that collect the payments.
Subjects: Student loans; College costs; College graduates;
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The slow book revolution : creating a new culture of reading on college campuses and beyond / by Lacy, Meagan,editor.;
"This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in high schools, public libraries, and college campuses, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Reasons to go slow : What is Slow Books? / Meagan Lacy -- Slow Books in the academic library / Meagan Lacy -- Part II. Promoting the Slow Books movement in the academic library : Getting started: the collection, the service, and the promotion / Pauline Dewan -- The Library Book Club at Regent University / Harold Henkel -- Ten years of theme reading at Indiana University South Bend / Julie Elliott -- Readers' advisory in the college classroom / Barbara Fister -- Revisiting the dormitory: the RPS Libraries of Indiana University / Willie Miller -- Virtual readers' advisory / Elizabeth Brookbank -- Part III. Beyond the academic library: a lifetime of Slow Books : Collaborating with local high schools: your senior will be my first year student / Sarah Fay Philips and Emerson Case -- Beyond college: collaborating with your public librarian / Rebecca Malinowski -- Redefining "impossible": a public library's journey through the classics / Karen Hansen and Lesley Williams.
Subjects: Books and reading; Books and reading; College students; Reading (Higher education); Libraries and colleges; Readers' advisory services.; Reading promotion.; Critical thinking.; Slow life movement.;
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Debating design : from Darwin to DNA / by Dembski, William A.,1960-; Ruse, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. General introduction / William Dembski and Michael Ruse -- The argument from design : a brief history / Michael Ruse -- Who's afraid of ID? : a survey of the intelligent design movement / Angus Menuge -- pt. I: Darwinism. Design without designer : Darwin's greatest discovery / Francisco J. Ayala -- The flagellum unspun : the collapse of "irreducible complexity" / Kenneth R. Miller -- The design argument / Elliott Sober -- DNA by design? : Stephen Meyer and the return of the god hypothesis / Robert T. Pennock -- pt. II: Complex self-organization. Prolegomenon to a general biology / Stuart Kauffman -- Darwinism, design, and complex systems dynamics / Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew -- Emergent complexity, teleology, and the arrow of time / Paul Davies -- The emergence of biological value / James Barham -- pt. III: Theistic evolution. Darwin, design, and divine providence / John F. Haught -- The inbuilt potentiality of creation / John Polkinghorne -- Theistic evolution / Keith Ward -- Intelligent design : some geological, historical, and theological questions / Michael Roberts -- The argument from laws of nature reassessed / Richard Swinburne -- pt. IV: Intelligent design. The logical underpinnings of intelligent design / William A. Dembski -- Information, entropy, and the origin of life / Walter L. Bradley -- Irreducible complexity : obstacle to Darwinian evolution / Michael J. Behe -- The Cambrian information explosion : evidence for intelligent design / Stephen C. Meyer.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Intelligent design (Teleology); Evolution (Biology); Self-organizing systems;
© 2004., Cambridge University Press,
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The vampire book : the encyclopedia of the undead / by Melton, J. Gordon.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Ackerman, Forrest James -- Aconite -- The Addams Family -- Africa, Vampires in -- African American Vampires -- Allatius, Leo -- Alnwick Castle, The Vampire of -- Aluka -- America, Vampires in -- Anemia -- Angel -- Animals -- Appearance of a Vampire -- Armand -- Armenia, Vampires in -- Ashley, Amanda -- Atlanta Vampire Alliance -- Australia, Vampires in -- Babylon and Assyria, Vampires in Ancient -- Baker, Roy Ward -- Balderston, John L. -- Baltic States, Vampires in the -- Bangs, Nina -- Banks, L.A. -- Bara, Theda -- Baron Blood -- Bathory, Elizabeth -- Batman -- Bats, Vampire -- Bava, Mario -- Belanger, Michelle -- Bergstrom, Elaine -- Berwick, The Vampire of -- Bibliography, Vampire -- Bistritz -- Blacula -- Blade the Vampire Slayer -- Blood -- Bloodrayne -- Borgo Pass -- Borland, Carol -- Bouchard, Angelique -- Boucicault, Dion -- The Bram Stoker Society -- Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Brides, Vampire -- Brite, Poppy Z. -- Browning, Tod -- Bruja -- Bruxa -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie) -- Bulgaria, Vampires in -- Bullet -- Bunnicula -- Burton, Richard Francis -- Byron, Lord George Gordon -- Calmet, Dom Aufustin -- The Camarilla: A Vampire Fan Association -- Carfax -- Carmilla -- Carradine, John -- Carter, Margaret Louise -- Cast, P.C. & Kristin -- Castle Dracula -- Chaney, Alonso "Lon" -- Chaos! Comics -- Characteristics of Vampires -- Charnas, Suzy McKee -- Chetwynd-Hayes, Ronald Henry Glynn -- China, Vampires in -- Christianity and Vampires -- Chupacabras -- Coffins -- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor -- Collins, Barnabas -- Collins, Nancy A. -- Collinsport Players -- Comic Books, The Vampire in -- Cooke, Thomas Potter -- Coppola, Francis Ford -- Corman, Roger William -- Count Dracula -- Count von Count -- Crime, Vampiric -- Croglin Grange, The Vampire of -- Crucifix -- Cruise, Tom -- Cullen, Edward -- Cult of the Vampire -- Cuntius, Johannes -- Curtis, Dan -- Cushing, Peter -- Czech Republic and Slovakia, Vampires in the -- Daniels, Leslie Noel III -- Dark Delicacies -- Dark Shadows -- Dark Shadows Fandom -- Davanzati, Giuseppe -- Davidson, MaryJanice -- de Villenueva, Sebastian -- Deane, Hamilton -- Decapitation -- Desert Island Dracula Library -- Destroying the Vampire -- Dhampir -- Dracula -- Dracula (1931) -- Dracula (Spanish 1931) -- Dracula (1973) -- Dracula (1979) -- Dracula (Marvel Comics Character) -- Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration -- Dracula: Or the Undead -- The Dracula Society (UK) -- Dracula-The Series -- Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts -- Drama, Vampire -- Dreyer, Carl Theodor -- Duckula, Count -- Dumas, Alexandre -- Dust -- El Conde Dracula -- Elliott, Denholm Mitchell -- Elrod, P.N. -- Elvira -- Estries -- Eucharistic Wafer -- Ewers, Hanns Heinz -- Explanations of Vampirism -- Fangs -- Feehan, Christine -- Fingernails -- Fire -- Fisher, Terence -- Florescu, Radu R. -- Flying Vampires -- Forever Knight -- Forever Knight Fandom -- Fortune, Dion -- France, Vampires in -- Frankenstein's Monster -- Frid, Jonathan -- Frost, DeaconGames, Vampire -- Garden, Nancy -- Garlic -- Garton, Ray -- Gautier, Theophile -- Germany, Vampire in -- Ghouls -- Giles, Rupert -- Glut, Donald Frank -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von -- Good Guy Vampires -- Gothic -- Greece, Vampires in -- Green, Chris Marie -- Greenberg, Martin H. -- Gypsies, Vampires and the -- Haarmann, Fritz -- Haigh, John George -- Haining, Peter Alexander -- Hamilton, Laurell K. -- Hammer Films -- Harker, Jonathan -- Harris, Charlaine -- Harris, Xander -- Harrison, Kim -- Hartmann, Franz -- Hawthorn -- The Highgate Vampire -- Holder, Nancy -- Holmes, Sherlock -- Holmwood, Arthur -- Homosexuality and the Vampire -- The Horror of Dracula -- Huff, Tanya -- Humor, Vampire -- Hungary, Vampires in -- Huntley, Raymond -- Hurwood, Bernhardt J. -- Hypnotic Powers -- I...Vampire -- Incubus/Succubus -- India, Vampires in -- International Vampire -- Internet, Vampires on the -- Interview with the Vampire -- Ireland, Vampires in -- Italy, Vampires in -- Ivan the Terrible -- Jacula -- Japan, Vampires in -- Java, Vampires in -- Jourdan, Louis -- Journal of Vampirology -- Juvenile Literature -- Kali -- Kalogridis, Jeanne -- Keats, John -- Kenyon, Sherrilyn -- Kilpatrick, Nancy -- Kindred: The Embraced -- King, Stephen -- Kurten, Peter -- LaCroix, Lucien -- Langella, Frank -- Langsuyar -- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan -- Leatherdale, Clive -- Lee, Christopher -- Lee, Tanith -- Lesbian Vampires -- Lilith -- Lilith, The Daughter of Dracula -- Lindpainter, Peter Josef von -- Lobishomen -- London After Midnight -- London, Dracula's -- Loogaroo -- Lord Ruthven Assembly -- Lory, Robert Edward -- Lugosi, Bela -- Lumley, Brian -- Malaysia, Vampires in -- Man-Bat -- Manor of the Devil -- Marryat, Florence -- Marschner, Heinrich August -- Marshall, William B. -- Matheson, Richard -- McNally, Raymond T. -- Melrose, Abbey, The Vampire of -- Mexico, Vampires in -- Meyer, Stephenie -- Midnight Sons -- Miller, Elizabeth Anne -- Miller, Linda Lael -- Mirrors -- Mist -- Miyu, Vampire Princess -- Moon -- Morbius -- Morris, Quincey P. -- Moss, Stephanie -- Mountain Ash -- The Munsters -- Murray (Harker), Mina -- Music, Vampire -- Myanmar, Vampires in -- Name, The Vampire's -- Native Soil -- Near dark -- Necromancy -- New Orleans -- Newman, Kim -- The Night Stalker -- Niles, Steve -- Nodier, Jean Charles Emmanuel -- Nosferatu -- Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens -- Nosferatu Vampire Clan -- Oldman, Gary -- Opera -- Order of the Vampyre -- Order Strigoi Vii -- Origins of the Vampire -- Orlock, Graf -- Palance, Jack -- Paraphernalia, Vampire -- Parry, Michael -- Paul (Paole), Arnold -- Perfume -- Philippe, Monsieur -- Philippines, Vampires in the -- Pierart, Z.J. -- Pike, Christopher -- Pitt, Ingrid -- Planche, James Robinson -- Plogojowitz, Peter -- Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poetry, The Vampire in -- Poland, Vampires in -- Polidori, John -- Political/Economic Vampires -- Pontianak -- Porphyria -- Preacher -- Protection against Vampires -- Psychological Perspectives on Vampire Mythology -- Pulp Magazines, Vampires in the.The Queen of the Damned -- Ramsland, Katherine -- Redcaps -- Renfield, R.N. -- Riccardo, Martin V. -- Rice, Anne -- Rollin, Jean -- Romance literature, vampires in -- Romania, Vampires in -- Rome, Vampires in Ancient -- Ross, William Edward Daniel -- Russia, Vampires in -- Ruthven, Lord -- Rymer, James Malcolm -- Saberhagen, Frederick Thomas -- St. George's Day -- St. Germain -- Sands, Lynsay -- Sangster, Jimmy -- Santo -- Satan -- Scandinavia, Vampires in -- Schiefelbein, Michael -- Scholomance -- Schreck, Max -- Science Fiction and the Vampire -- Seeds -- Selene -- Seward, John -- Sexuality and the Vampire -- Shan, Darren -- Shayne, Maggie -- Shepard, Leslie Alan -- Sighisoara -- Silver -- Skal, David J. -- Skin, a vampire's -- Slavs, Vampires and the -- Slayage-- Sleep, Vampire -- Smith, Lisa Jane -- Somtow, S.P. -- South America, Vampires in -- Southern Slavs, Vampires and the -- Southey, Robert -- Spain, Vampires in -- Spider -- Stake -- Steele, Barbara -- Stoker, Abraham "Bram" -- Strength, Physical -- Suicide -- Sukuyan -- Summers, Buffy -- Summers, Montague -- Sunlight -- Swan, Bela -- Szekelys -- Talamasca -- Talamaur -- Tehran Vampire -- Television, Vampires on -- Temple of the Vampire -- Thailand, Vampires in -- Tibet, Vampires in -- Tirgoviste -- The Tomb of Dracula -- Trading Cards, The Vampire on -- Transformation -- Transylvania -- Transylvanian Society of Dracula -- Tremayne, Peter -- Twilight -- Twilight (movie) -- Twilight saga; new moon -- Twilight series -- Underworld -- United Kingdom, Vampires in the -- Universal Pictures -- Vadim, Roger -- Vambery, Arminius -- The Vamp -- Vamperotica -- Vampira -- The Vampire (real vampires) -- Vampire Cult -- Vampire empire -- Vampire Fandom: United Kingdom -- Vampire Fandom: United States -- Vampire Hunters -- The Vampire Rapist -- Vampire Research Center -- Vampire Research Society -- Vampire: The Eternal Struggle -- Vampire: The Masquerade -- Vampirella -- Vampyr -- Van Helsing, Abraham -- Van Sloan, Edward -- Varma, Devendra Prasad -- Varney the Vampyre -- Victims -- Visegrad -- Vision -- Vjesci -- Vlad -- Vlad Dracul -- Voices of the vampire community -- Ward, J. R. -- Water -- Weather -- Werewolves and Vampires -- Westenra, Lucy -- Whitby -- William of Newburgh -- Wine -- Witchcraft and Vampires -- Wolf, Leonard -- Wolfman, Marv -- Women as Vampires -- The X-Files -- Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn -- Yorga, Count -- Youngson, Jeanne Keyes -- Zombies .Explores the myth, lore, and representation in popular culture of vampires and vampire legends from around the globe.
Subjects: Vampires;
© c2011., Visible Ink Press,
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