College / Higher Education Resources

• 8 steps to paying less for college: a crash course in scholarships, grants, and financial aid. Y 378.38 EIG
• 501 ways for adult students to pay for college. Gen & Kelly Tanabe. 378.3 TAN
• Acceptance: a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges–and find themselves. 378.161 MAR
• Admission matters: what students and parents need to know about getting into college. 378.161 SPR
• The adult student’s guide to survival & success. 378.198 SIE
• B+ grades, A+ college application: how to present your strongest self, write a standout admissions essay, and get into the perfect school for you–even with less-than-perfect grades. Joie Jager-Hyman. 378.161 JAG
• Back to school: why everyone deserves a second chance at education. Mike Rose. 374 ROS
• Barron’s best buys in college education. 378.1542 SOL
• Beating the college debt trap: getting a degree without going broke. Alex Chediak. 378.38 CHE
• The best 294 business schools. 378.155 GIL
• The best 387 colleges. 378.73 BES
• The best value colleges: 75 schools that give you the most for your money. Robert Franek, David Soto, Stephen Koch. Y 378.1542 FRA
• The big picture MBA: what every business school   graduate knows. CD 378.2 NAV
• Binge: what your college student won’t tell you: campus life in an age of disconnection and excess. 378.198 SEA
• Blackballed: the black and white politics of race on America’s campuses. Lawrence Ross. 378.1982 ROS
• Blurred lines: rethinking sex, power, and consent on campus. Vanessa Grigoriadis. 378.197 GRI
• The book of Isaias: a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America. Daniel Connolly. Y 305.868 CON
• Book of majors. 378.2 COL
• The campus cure: a parent’s guide to mental health and wellness for college students. Marcia Morris. 362.1968 MOR
• Campus visits & college interviews: a complete guide for college-bound students and their families. 378.161 SCH
• Chicken soup for the soul campus chronicles: 101 inspirational, supportive, and humorous stories about life in college. 378.198 CHI
• The chosen: the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. 378.161 KAR
• CliffsNotes graduation debt: how to manage student loans and live your life. Reyna Gobel. 332.024 GOB
• College admission 101: simple answers to tough questions about college admissions and financial aid. Robert Franek. Y 378.161 FRA
• College admission essays. 378.1616 BRE
• The college application essay. 378.161 MACG
• College confidence with ADD. 371.94 SAN
• The college conversation: a practical companion for parents to guide their children along the path to higher education. Eric J. Furda, Jacques Steinberg. 378.1616 FUR
• The college dorm survival guide: how to survive and thrive in your new home away from home. 378.198 DEV
• College essay essentials: a step-by-step guide to writing a successful college admissions essay. Ethan Sawyer. 378.1616 SAW
• College girls: bluestockings, sex kittens, and coeds, then and now. 378.198 PER
• College handbook. 378.1542 COL
• College match: a blueprint for choosing the best school for you. Steven R. Antonoff. Y 378.1542 ANT
• College (un)bound: the future of higher education and what it means for students. 378 SEL
• College: what it was, is, and should be. Andrew Delbanco. 378.001 DEL
• The complete guide to the gap year: the best things to do between high school and college. 378.198 WHI
• The complete idiot’s guide to choosing a college major. 378.2 HAN
• The complete idiot’s guide to financial aid for college. 378.3 RYE
• The complete idiot’s guide to going back to college. 374.01 MIZ
• The complete idiot’s guide to paying for college. 378.38 CLA
• Crazy U: one dad’s crash course in getting his kid into college. 378.161 FER
• Creative colleges: a guide for student actors, artists, dancers, musicians and writers. 378.7 LOV
• Debt free degree: the step-by-step guide to getting your kid through college without student loans. Anthony ONeal. 378.38 ONE
• Debt-free U: how I paid for an outstanding college education without loans, scholarships, or mooching off my parents. Zac Bissonnette. 378.38 BIS
• The debt trap: how student loans became a national catastrophe. Josh Mitchell. 378.38 MIT
• Degrees of inequality: how the politics of higher education sabotaged the American dream. 378.73 MET
• The dorm room diet: the 8-step program for creating a healthy lifestyle plan that really works. 613.0434 OZ
• The end of college: creating the future of learning and the university of everywhere. Kevin Carey. 371.358 CAR
• The enlightened college applicant: a new approach to the search and admissions process. Andrew Belasco, Dave Bergman. 378.161 BEL
• Excellent sheep: the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life. William Deresiewicz. 378.73 DER
• A field guide to grad school: uncovering the hidden curriculum. Jessica McCrory Calarco. 378.155 CAL
• Fiske guide to colleges. 378.1542 FIS
• Fraternity. 378.07 BRA
• Fraternity: an inside look at a year of college boys becoming men. Alexandra Robbins. 371.85 ROB
• Free college resource book. 378.3 HEW
• The freshman survival guide: soulful advice for studying, socializing, and everything in between. Y 378.198 BRA
• Game on: why college admission is rigged and how to beat the system. Susan F. Paterno. 378.161 PAT
• Gap year: how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs. Joseph O’Shea. 378.198 OSH
• Get free cash for college. 378.34 TAN
• Get into any college: secrets of Harvard students. 378.161 TAN
• Get into graduate school: a strategic approach for masters and doctoral candidates. 378.155 GET
• Getting in without freaking out: the official college admissions guide for overwhelmed parents. 378.198 MAT
• The Goshen College guide to studying and serving abroad: essays on intercultural learning. Ind. Coll. 378.1 GOS
• Grad’s guide to graduate admissions essays: more than 50 real-life admissions essays from students who gained admission to Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Georgetown, and more. Colleen Reding. 378.161 RED
• The great American university: its rise to preeminence, its indispensable national role, why it must be protected. 378.73 COL
• Guilty admissions: the bribes, favors, and phonies behind the college cheating scandal. Nicole LaPorte. 378.161 LAP
• The high school athlete’s guide to college sports: how to market yourself to the school of your dreams. 378.3 HIG
• Hold fast to dreams: a college guidance counselor, his students, and the vision of a life beyond poverty. 371.4 ZAS
• How to college: what to know before you go (and when you’re there). Andrea Malkin Brenner, Lara Hope Schwartz. Y 378.198 BRE
• How to graduate debt free: the best strategies to pay for college: #notgoingbroke. Kristina Ellis. 378.38 ELL
• The iConnected  parent: staying connected to your college kids (and beyond) while letting them grow up. 649.125 HOF
• In defense of a liberal education. Fareed Zakaria. 370.112 ZAK
• It’s OK if you’re clueless: and 23 more tips for the college bound. 378.198 MACM
• It’s the student, not the college: the secrets of succeeding at any school–without going broke or crazy. Kristin M. White. 378.161 WHI
• The K & W guide to colleges for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorder. 371.904 KRA
• The last negroes at Harvard: the class of 1963 and the eighteen young men who changed Harvard forever. Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth. 378.1982 GAR
• Latinos in college: your guide to success. 378.1982 DAB
• Law school confidential: a complete guide to the law school experience. 340.071 MIL
• Law school for dummies. 340.071 GRE
• Liberating minds: the case for college in prison. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann. 365.666 LAG
• Lower ed: the troubling rise of for-profit colleges in the new economy. Tressie McMillan Cottom. 378.73 COT
• Making your education work for you: a proven system for success in school and for getting the job of your dreams. 371.3028 GRE
• The naked roommate: and 107 other issues you might run into in college. Y 378.198 COH
• Need a lift?: to educational opportunities, careers, loans, scholarships & employment. 378.3 NEE
• Never too late: the adult student’s guide to college. Rebecca Klein-Collins. 374 KLE
• The new education: how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. Cathy N. Davidson. 378 DAV
• The new global student: skip the SAT, save thousands on tuition, and get a truly international education. Maya Frost. 378.198 FRO
• Old in art school: a memoir of starting over. Nell Painter. 700.92 PAI
• 1001 ways to pay for college. 378.38 TAN
• Online learning. Susan Manning, Kevin E Johnson. 371.33 MAN
• The other college guide: a roadmap to the right school for you. 378.1542 SWE
• Our class: trauma and transformation in an American prison. Chris Hedges. 365.6 HED
• Paying for college. Eric Tyson. 378.38 TYS
• Paying the price: college costs, financial aid, and the betrayal of the American dream. Sara Goldrick-Rab. 378.38 GOL
• A perfect mess: the unlikely ascendancy of American higher education. David F. Labaree. 378.73 LAB
• The perfect score project: uncovering the secrets of the SAT. 378.1662 STI
• Peterson’s how to write the perfect personal statement. 378.161 STE
• Pledged: the secret life of sororities. 378.198 ROB
• The price of admission: how America’s ruling class buys its way into elite colleges–and who gets left outside the gates. 378.161 GOL
• The price you pay for college: an entirely new road map for the biggest financial decision your family will ever make. Ron Lieber. 378.38 LIE
• The privileged poor: how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students. Anthony Abraham Jack. 378.1982 JAC
• The professor is in: the essential guide to turning your Ph.D. into a job. Karen Kelsky. 378.12 KEL
• Saint Mary’s College: her memories beyond the avenue. Ind. Coll. 378.772 DUN
• Show them you’re good: a portrait of boys in the City of Angels the year before college. Jeff Hobbs. 373.794 HOB
• The smart student’s guide to healthy living: how to survive stress, late nights, & the college cafeteria. Y 613.0434 SMI
• The state must provide: why America’s colleges have always been unequal–and how to set them right. Adam Harris. 379.2609 HAR
• The student athlete’s guide to getting recruited. 796.043 BRO
• Taking time off. Y 378.03 HAL
• Teaching to transform: perspectives on Mennonite higher education. Ind. Coll. 378.001 TEA
• Teens’ guide to college & career planning: your high school roadmap to college and career success. Justin Ross Muchnick. Y 378.161 MUC
• 10 best college majors for your personality. 378.2 SHA
• There is life after college: what parents and students should know about navigating school to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. Jeffrey J. Selingo. 650.14 SEL
• The three-legged woman & other excursions in teaching. 378.125 KLO
• True gentlemen: the broken pledge of America’s fraternities. John Hechinger. 371.85 HEC
• U thrive: how to succeed in college (and life). Daniel Lerner, Alan Schlechter. 378.198 LER
• Ultralearning: master hard skills, outsmart the competition, and accelerate your career. Scott H. Young. 370.1523 YOU
• Unacceptable: privilege, deceit & the making of the college admissions scandal. Melissa Korn, Jennifer Levitz. 378.161 KOR
• Undecided: navigating life and learning after high school. Y 331.702 MOR
• The unlikely disciple: a sinner’s semester at America’s holiest university. 378.07 ROO, Y 378.07 ROO
• Unwanted advances: sexual paranoia comes to campus. Laura Kipnis. 378.197 KIP
• U.S. News & World report ultimate college guide. 378.1542 USN
• Valedictorians at the gate: standing out, getting in, and staying sane while applying to college. Becky Munsterer Sabky. 378.161 SAB
• We are Americans: undocumented students pursuing the American dream. 371.826 PER
• We believe you: survivors of campus sexual assault speak out. Annie E. Clark, Andrea L. Pino. Y 378.197 CLA
• What the best college students do. 378.198 BAI
• Where you go is not who you’ll be: an antidote to the college admissions mania. Frank Bruni. 378.161 BRU
• Why teach?: in defense of a real education. 378.125 EDM
• Who gets in and why: a year inside college admissions. Jeffrey Selingo. 378.161 SEL
• Will college pay off?: a guide to the most important financial decision you’ll ever make. Peter Cappelli. Y 378.38 CAP
• Witness: lessons from Elie Wiesel’s classroom. Ariel Burger. 170 BUR
• Writing a successful college application essay. 378.161 EHR
• Write your way into college: college admissions essay. 378.161 WRI
• Yale needs women: how the first group of girls rewrote the rules of an Ivy League giant. Anne Gardiner Perkins. 378.74 PER
• The years that matter most: how college makes or breaks us. Paul Tough. 378.198 TOU

FICTION

• Admission. Jean Hanff Korelitz. Fic KOR
• An uncommon education. Elizabeth Percer. Fic PER

REFERENCE

• Barron’s profiles of American colleges. R 378.1542 BAR
• The college blue book. R 378.1542 COL
• Directory of financial aids for women. R 362.83 SCH
• Guide to career colleges. R 370.113 GUI
• Peterson’s four-year colleges. R 378.1542 PET
• Peterson’s graduate & professional programs. R 378.155 PET
• Peterson’s how to get money for college: financing your future beyond federal aid. R 378.3 PET
• Peterson’s two-year colleges. R 378.1543 PET
• The scholarship book. R 378.34 SCH
• Study abroad. R 370.116 STU

DATABASES

• Inspire.in.gov: includes ERIC®, Testing & Education Reference Center

MAGAZINES

• Goshen College bulletin
• Goshen College record

INTERNET RESOURCES

• Goshen College
• Indiana Colleges & Universities
• Indiana College Network
• Learn More Indiana: Your college and career connection
• Sources & Searches for Aid – State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana
• Career College School Finder
• Educator’s Reference Desk
• ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
• FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• Need a Lift? – financial-aid reference guide for veterans, veterans’ dependents and members of the American Legion family
• College Board
• Peterson’s – Your Comprehensive Guide to College Information

EDUCACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA EN ESPAÑOL / COLLEGE RESOURCES IN SPANISH

• Ayude a sus hijos a triunfar en la escuela secundaria y llegar a la universidad: guía para padres latinos. Spanish Lang. 373.182 DAB
• College para todos: una guía para que sus hijos alcancen sus metas académicas en U.S.A. Ana María Jaramillo. Spanish Lang. 378.161 JAR
• Entrar en la universidad: una guía para el estudiante hispano. Spanish Lang. 378.161 AVI
• El libro de respuestas para la ayuda financiera. Spanish Lang. 378.3 LIB
• ¿Qué sigue después de la escuela secundaria? Spanish Lang. 331.702 QUE