NEW YORK - (Business Wire) Lynn O
’Shaughnessy, author of the
FT Press’s new college guide,
The College Solution: A Guide For Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price, will be featured in a Webcast hosted by
Safari Books Online on Tuesday, September 23 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific/1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To sign up for the event, click here:
http://safaribooksonline.com/events/oshaughnessy.html For millions of families, the college planning experience is extremely stressful, especially in the current economic climate. The College Solution Webcast participants will:
- See how promising students can pay significantly less than the “sticker price” even at the best state universities.
- Learn how to send their kids to expensive private schools for virtually the cost of an in-state public college.
- Find out why U.S. News & World Report's rankings are horribly flawed, and discover how to evaluate not only schools, but also academic departments, in a far better way.
- Learn how even "B" students or teens with mediocre SAT scores can capture financial awards.
- Discover how to use a child's gender to boost the chances for a fat acceptance letter, along with a favorable financial package.
- Find out the most important questions to ask when evaluating any college or university.
All attendees receive 45 day's complimentary online access to The College Solution on Safari Books Online. Also, the first 10 webcast registrants who attend will receive an autographed copy of The College Solution.
About the Author
Lynn O'Shaughnessy, the mother of two teenagers, has been a professional journalist for three decades. She is a former Los Angeles Times reporter and syndicated columnist, and a financial journalist. Her previous books include Unofficial Guide to Investing; Investing Bible; and Retirement Bible, which was consistently ranked by Amazon.com as one of the most popular guides to retirement planning for years. She has contributed to such publications as BusinessWeek, Money Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Bottom Line Personal, AARP: The Magazine, Wealth Manager Magazine, Kiplinger's Retirement Report and Consumer Reports MoneyAdvisor.
About Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), founded in 2001 as a joint venture of pre-eminent technology publishers O'Reilly Media and Pearson Education, is the leading on-demand reference and learning platform delivering expert content from the world's thought-leaders in business and technology innovation. Safari Books Online offers the combined collections of Prentice Hall Professional, O'Reilly Media, Addison-Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, lynda.com, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, Wharton School Publishing, Course Technology, and many more top publishers in one fully searchable database. IT professionals, software developers, web designers, and business and creative professionals rely on Safari Books Online as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning, and certification training. Thousands of books, manuscripts, articles, and instructional videos are available from expert authors, innovators, and thought leaders. Safari Books Online is fast changing the way enterprise, academic, and training organizations access information. Safari enables increasingly mobile workforces to get technical and business reference resources anytime and from anywhere. Safari Books Online offers a range of B2B product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization and a B2C product option for individual users. For a free trial, please visit http://my.safaribooksonline.com/promo.
About FT Press
FT Press (www.ftpress.com) is an imprint of Pearson, and publishes high-quality books in the areas of General Business, Finance and Investing, Sales and Marketing, Leadership, Management and Strategy, Human Resources, and Global Business. Our brand is built on the concept of signing and publishing the world’s best minds on the most relevant topics.
About Pearson
Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global leader in education and education technology, reaches and engages today’s digital natives with effective and personalized learning, as well as dedicated professional development for their teachers. This commitment is demonstrated in the company’s investment in innovative print and digital education materials for preK through professional learning, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher development, career certification programs, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company's respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Wechsler family of assessments, SuccessNet, MyLabs, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, and many others. Pearson's comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student at every level of education. Pearson’s commitment to education for all is supported by the global charitable giving initiatives of the Pearson Foundation. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. For more information, go to www.pearson.com.
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