Shepard Suggests Kids, have you seen my backpack...

A staff member at Shepard created a resource site for adult learners, and his resources page includes two suggested books. Here's what he had to say about "Kids, have you seen my backpack?":

This book offers 22 stories of inspiration that were sent to the author, a woman who worked with nontrads for several years,  when she held a national essay contest and compiled the responses. She compiled the essays to offer motivation and celebration for the successes of the adult learners that are trying to graduate and those that already have.

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Depaul University Required Reading Includes Kids, Have You Seen My Backpack!

This really makes me proud. Extremely proud. Depaul University has a Transitions 101 course for adult learners to transition into the college experience. My book is one of three books chosen- and provided at no charge to the students in the course. I think that is so cool. I had no idea that the book was on this list, or on the Drexel reading list. I receive Google and Yahoo alerts when the book's name appears somewhere.

Check it out:
http://studentaffairs.depaul.edu/adultstudentservices/Transitions%20101%20Course%20Description%20and%20Registration%20Form.pdf

Kids Have You Seen My Backpack Was Used a Textbook at Drexel

I thought this was one of the coolest things- and I wish I had the course syllabus to know how they used the book as a classroom tool. At any rate, my book was on the reading list for adult learners in Drexel's Saturday Scholars program. Three Drexel students had essays in the book so I am sure that is how this adult learner proram found out about the book.

Here is the list:
http://www.drexel.edu/goodwin/programs/saturdayscholars/faq/textbook.htm