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Elizabeth Wissner-Gross (elizabethwissnergross@gmail.com) is an educational strategist and an acclaimed author who helps high school students nationally and internationally discover their academic passions, develop inspiring academic goals, and secure exciting and challenging college and graduate experiences. |
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Available Sept. 15, 2009.
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In What High Schools Don't Tell You, Wissner-Gross reveals 300+ proven strategies to help parents stack the admissions deck in their kid's favor, gleaned from her expertise and interviews with parents of outstandingly high achievers-strategies that most high school guidance counselors, principals, and teachers simply don't know to share. From identifying exactly which academic credentials will wow an admissions committee to which summer programs and extra-curriculars can turn an ordinary applicant into a must-have, What High Schools Don't Tell You demonstrates how hands-on parental involvement early in a child's high school career is essential to achieving college admissions success.
Audio: Mickelson in the Morning
Video: Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
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Targeting the savvy parents of today's college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, Wissner-Gross in this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams. Based on the controversial insider information Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation's top colleges, this book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.
Audio: Lisa Birnbach Show
Preserving objectivity is the ultimate weapon against corruption and the most powerful defense of democracy, fairness and American journalism. Unbiased: Editing in a Diverse Society focuses on journalists' need to remain unbiased and objective in their writing in today's society. It addresses a wide range of issues subject to biased writing, including political views, race, ethnic issues, nationality, gender, religion, age, appearance and disability, economic or social status, lifestyle, education and values. Each topic is presented with examples and a style recommended by many advocacy organizations, major periodicals and media.