Your College Experience: Strategies for Success Concise Edition - Softcover

Gardner, John N.; Jewler, A. Jerome; Barefoot, Betsy O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312683022 ISBN 13: 9780312683023

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009

Synopsis

Authored by three of the nation's leading experts on the first-year experience, this Concise version of Your College Experience continues a 20-year tradition of straightforward, realistic, and intelligent coverage of the skills students need to succeed in college. This less expensive, more streamlined concise edition contains the chapters and topics instructors across the country identified as being most relevant to all kinds of students at all kinds of schools. Gardner, Jewler, and Barefoot address the goals of today’s seminar courses: helping students develop a clear sense of purpose in college, assisting them in making the right choice of academic major, and engaging them in learning — especially through the use of technology — in a manner that is both inviting and informative.

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About the Author

John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience to the writing of this text. The recipient of his institution's highest award for teaching excellence, John has over 40 years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the country's leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC and of the Policy Center on the First Year of College in Brevard, North Carolina.

Review

"The 20 tips are an excellent introduction to the book and should appeal to student readers. I most appreciate that the content recognizes the needs of diverse students – traditional and nontraditional students, under prepared students, and students of color."

"I like the voice in which the text is written. It is friendly and helpful in a non-threatening manor. The authors talk right to the student and by sharing their own memories personalize the text in a way that is unique."

"Excellent information overall. There is no question of the accuracy and value of the information and material presented. Teacher annotations are also extremely beneficial. Major headings are excellent, and the arrangement of information into easily-digested ’chunks’ is a tremendous benefit of this section of the book."

Edition details

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312683022
• ISBN 13: 9780312683023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240