Why go to College?
Why go to College?

Author: Clayton Sedgwick Cooper

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2022-08-21

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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"Why go to College?" by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Dropping Back in
Dropping Back in

Author: Gayle Ann D'Andrea

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781109104905

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This study examines the educational experiences and choices of a group of students in a GED completion/college entry program called Middle College. Through interviews with students and personnel in the program, the processes of dropping out of high school and dropping back in to education are investigated, with significant focus on how the Middle College program serves to "warm up" students who have had challenges navigating a traditional path through secondary and into post-secondary education. Findings suggest that both dropping out and dropping in to school involve multiple, often interconnected factors. Social capital, cultural capital, and locus of control are primary concepts of focus in this research, and the interconnections between the three are highlighted. Findings indicate that school personnel can be an influential source of social and cultural capital, particularly for students who may lack those resources. Data also support recent research assertions that locus of control may be positively impacted by academic achievement and supportive relationships. Finally, this study provides preliminary evidence that there may be retention, completion, and transfer benefits of locating a GED completion program on a community college campus---particularly when that program incorporates cultural instruction and fosters strong, positive social networks.

How to Navigate Life
How to Navigate Life

Author: Belle Liang, PhD

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1250273153

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An essential guide to tackling what students, families, and educators can do now to cut through stress and performance pressure, and find a path to purpose. Today’s college-bound kids are stressed, anxious, and navigating demands in their lives unimaginable to a previous generation. They’re performance machines, hitting the benchmarks they’re “supposed” to in order to reach the next tier of a relentless ladder. Then, their mental and physical exhaustion carries over right into first jobs. What have traditionally been considered the best years of life have become the beaten-down years of life. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein devote their careers both to counseling individual students and to cutting through the daily pressures to show a better way, a framework, and set of questions to find kids’ “true north”: what really turns them on in life, and how to harness the core qualities that reveal, allowing them to choose a course of study, a college, and a career. Even the gentlest parents and teachers tend to play into pervasive societal pressure for students to PERFORM. And when we take the foot off the gas, we beg the kids to just figure out what their PASSION is. Neither is a recipe for mental or physical health, or, ironically, for performance or passion. How to Navigate Life shows that successful human beings instead tap into their PURPOSE—the why behind the what and how. Best of all, purpose is a completely translatable quality to every aspect of life, from first jobs to last jobs and everything in between.

The Science of College
The Science of College

Author: Patricia S. Herzog

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0190934506

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"This book aids entering college students - and the people who support college students - in navigating college successfully. In an environment of information overload, where bad advice abounds, this book offers readers practical tips and guidance. The up-to-date recommendations in this book are based upon real students, sound social science research, and the collective experiences of faculty, lecturers, advisors, and student support staff. The central thesis of the book is that the transition to adulthood is a complex process, and college is pivotal to this experience. This book seeks to help young people navigate the college process. The student stories in this book highlight how the challenges that college students can encounter vary in important ways based on demographics and social backgrounds. Despite these varied backgrounds, getting invested in the community is crucial for college success, for all students. Universities have many resources available, but students need to learn when to access which resources and how best to engage with people serving students through different roles and with distinct expertise. There is no single template for student success. Yet, this book highlights common issues that many students face and provides science-based advice for how to navigate college. Each chapter is geared toward college students with a focus on the life stage that many entering college students are in: emerging adulthood. In addition to the student-focused chapters, the book includes an appendix for parents and for academics, along with supplemental website materials of instructional activities related to the content of the book."--

Navigating College With the 7 Habits
Navigating College With the 7 Habits

Author: Sean Covey

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1642501786

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A Guide for College Success A step-by-step advice eBook: Written by author, speaker, and innovator, Sean Covey, this guide for college students lays out a detailed path to success. As President of FranklinCovey Education, Covey has long been dedicated to transforming education. In this step-by-step book, Covey shares how to establish habits that lead to a more effective learning experience. Gain academic and life skills: Studying and retention skills are incredibly beneficial to student life, but so are essential life skills such as communication and time management. By discovering the value in both academic and life skills, students can better establish and accomplish a vision for their education and success. Improve your overall college experience: This book functions as an educational guide and self-help book for anyone in or approaching college. It provides students with the skills, tools, and mindset they need to succeed, and in this way, can help resolve anything from roommate issues to struggles with difficult classes. Strengthen your learning today with the help of Sean Covey in Navigating College With the 7 Habits and discover: • Enhanced engagement in class and studies and motivation to stay in school • Progress in gaining critical skills like money management, goal achievement, conflict resolution, and health and wellness • Ways to adopt essential habits, such as “Be Proactive” and “Think Win-Win,” chapter by chapter If other college guide books have interested you such as On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life, The Naked Roommate, or The Freshman Survival Guide, then Navigating College With the 7 Habits should be your next read! Be sure to check out these other great FranklinCovey titles: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers.

There Is Life After College
There Is Life After College

Author: Jeffrey J. Selingo

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0062388878

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From the bestselling author of College Unbound comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents’ anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation. Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today’s college students are graduating into an uncertain job market that is leaving them financially dependent on their parents for years to come—a reality that has left moms and dads wondering: What did I pay all that money for? There Is Life After College offers students, parents, and even recent graduates the practical advice and insight they need to jumpstart their careers. Education expert Jeffrey Selingo answers key questions—Why is the transition to post-college life so difficult for many recent graduates? How can graduates market themselves to employers that are reluctant to provide on-the-job training? What can institutions and individuals do to end the current educational and economic stalemate?—and offers a practical step-by-step plan every young professional can follow. From the end of high school through college graduation, he lays out exactly what students need to do to acquire the skills companies want. Full of tips, advice, and insight, this wise, practical guide will help every student, no matter their major or degree, find real employment—and give their parents some peace of mind.