The Road To Academic Excellence

This book examines the experience of 11 universities in nine countries around the world that have grappled with the challenge of building successful research institutions in difficult circumstances and outlines key lessons of from this experience.

Straight talk and tips from top students to help make academic excellence a lifestyle. Getting a passing grade is one thing—cramming to memorize facts, knowing what's on the test, finishing a paper just before the deadline—but being a top student is something else entirely. So what makes the difference between a good student and a top student? Being a top student is a lifestyle, not just an A on your transcript. The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College offers advice from lifelong top student, Stefanie Weisman, to help you learn the keys to studying smart, staying motivated, and making academic excellence a part of your life. Tips from 45 Top Students Learn strategies on making the grade with first-hand advice from valedictorians, Rhodes scholars, Fulbright scholars, Intel Science Fair finalists, a National Spelling bee champion, and more! Lifestyle Tips and Techniques Discover tips and mantras that will keep you on the road to academic success. Helpful Exercises Practice makes perfect. Put what you've learned to the test with easy exercises on taking notes, staying motivated, and more.

It is worrisome that the modern educational sectors are deteriorating gradually. Our standard of education has declined to a state where drastic effort is needed urgently to correct the situation, or the future of our great nations, even our world in general, will be defeated. Today, most youths no longer study to acquire knowledge; rather, they study to acquire certificates. That's why most our graduates lacked the relevant knowledge, ideas and information to contribute to the global economies.The school is where most youths will probably spend about seventeen years of their life. These can be years of drudgery or of discovery. However, the school should be a place of discovery. Much depends on how you use those school years. Jerry Young and David Filo created the first web dictionary while they were students at Stanford University, and they went on to found Yahoo after their graduation. Mark Zuckerberg founded the Facebook while still a student at Harvard University. The school is where you acquire the relevant knowledge and ideas that will enable you to discover and develop your inborn abilities and talents and, thereby, become an effective person in life and make a noteworthy contribution to your World. The book project the keys to academic excellence in students, teachers and everyone in the educational sectorsRead this book, and you will learn: 1.The keys to academic achievement.2.The major difference between excellent and average students.3.How to overcome academic failures.4.The major factors to be considered before pursuing an academic field. What do you intend to become in life? Are you a law student aspiring to become the next Lord Atkins, or a medical student aspiring to become the next Ben Carson who will make a mark on the medical world? Are you a science student who desires to make a new discovery in the science world, or a political science student who wants to change the political history of your locality? The secrets revealed in this book will lead you to achieving success in your academic pursuit and attain greatness in your academic and life pursuits.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you've got to do. This begins with a good education. And, 'Managing Your Academic Excellence' teaches you the application of the various functions and skills of management to ensure the successful running of your academic/educational career - to be in charge of your academics and achieve excellence; and hence, become a great problem solver. See this book as a quality instrument, a manual, a handbook, and in fact, a companion for every student or scholar who desires to excel in his or her academic career and otherwise. This book will enable you to understand who you are as a student and the right qualities you need to possess; the values of education in your future career jobs/endeavors; and the ways of discovering and exploiting your hidden talents and potentials. It gives you the comparisons between theoretical and practical aspects of learning and points out the threats to your academic excellence. It explains the steps you actually need in building your effective study skills and the best methods you should always employ when answering examination/test questions. The book also encourages you to keep the past failures behind you and move on to make your today better and your future even brighter. You could become that excellent student you had always wanted to be. This book is a step to achieving that; it will certainly guide you on how to be yourself and stand successful.

The Manual's Goal: The first goal for The Ultimate Manual for Achieving Academic Excellence is to provide advice in the form of proven statements, personal historical CASES, obvious NO-BRAINER conclusions, and various Nuggets and Gems that all have potential contributions for Achieving Academic Excellence in our universities, colleges, and even in our privately owned technical institutes. The second goal is to provide the motivation and encouragement that will enable the pursuit of Academic Excellence to be an enjoyable and productive experience. Learning and the acquisition of wisdom should never be a dull or unpleasant experience.The Manual's Author: It has been the author's pleasure to advise, direct, and help thousands of under graduate and graduate students define and set goals that both maximize their contribution to their professional field and at the same time provide the basis for the enjoyment and love of their career pursuits and lifetime achievements. More importantly, the joy of helping students achieve these goals contributed to the development of their character, attitude, integrity, and work ethics required to be happy and successful in the pursuit of their chosen careers. Obviously, the memories of these activities are both mental and spiritual treasures for the author to recall and share with his readers during his retirement years.Just one example of the 6 Extremely HIGH reviews on the back cover of the Manual:Dr Woodrow W. Everett: This Manual is required reading for anyone entering any facet of higher education - especially the STEM professions. Many authors tell readers "what to do" in successfully completing college at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This insightful book tells the reader "why" and "how". It is in actuality a roadmap to follow for success in undergraduate and graduate education by an author who has experienced every nuance along the road to academic success.This Manual applies to all Academic and Career Fields. The age group can apply from 6th graders up to PhDs,See the reviews of 2 senior PEs soon to be PhDs!

This book contains a general introduction to the education of academically able students. It provides a solid background of basic knowledge and a survey of research and theory for educational theorists, student teachers, practising teachers, administrators and planners. It offers insights into relevant practical problems as well as guidelines for classroom practice. The significance of this material is outlined for the various levels of the educational system from the individual classroom to the regional planning level. The book is not, however, designed to offer set answers and pat solutions, but to provide rationale for the creative work of teachers and administrators.