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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An ache in every stake (1941): When three icemen agree to help Mrs. Lawrence prepare a fancy birthday party, their particular specialty (an exploding, gas filled cake) goes off with a bang.
No census, no feeling (1940): Three gung-ho census-takers let nothing stand in their way of an accurate count, whether it be crashing a fancy bridge party, spiking drinks or invoking a riot at a professional football game.
Violent is the word for Curly (1938):...
Author
Publisher
Blue River Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Ancillary Army. Freeway Flyers. Roads Scholars. Turnpike Teachers. These are some of the nicknames given to part-time college teachers. They may teach one or two courses at a single institution, or, in some cases, they may teach multiple courses at multiple institutions. Often their office consists of the front seat of their car, and their desk is a cardboard box. Their lunch is whatever they can grab at McDonalds while zipping through traffic...
3) Higher expectations: can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century?
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Over its long history, undergraduate education has gradually evolved from its early years when colleges offered an exacting study of classical texts to the tiny segment of America's young men destined for careers as ministers, teachers, and civic leaders. After the United States began to industrialize during the 19th century, the demand for graduates with practical skills led eventually to the demise of the classical curriculum to make way for more...
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