"Making it to Graduation" is a "must have" for anyone beginning college. Many instructors of college success courses say it is a favorite book and they highly recommend it for high school graduates who want to know more about what to expect in college. It is full of tips and recommendations seldom found in other books of this type. When someone begins reading "Making it to Graduation," that person can rarely put it down! The overall goal of this book is to help students advance intellectually, socially, and academically. Two college professors wrote this book in response to the many capable students they saw who either received poor grades or who got lost in the vast college system. The result, "Making it to Graduation" is an artistic, up-to-date text with valuable pointers that are sure to save a lot of headaches and misunderstandings. The book is characterized as the "unwritten course" that is never taught but has the information that beginning college students are expected to know. Many parents and high school counselors have said that this text would be an excellent high school graduation gift and should also be a "required" text for college orientation.
Kay Lopate, Ph.D and Patsy Trand, Ph.D are faculty members at the University of Miami and Florida International University, respectively, where they both teach undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Education and Arts and Sciences. As faculty at their respective universities, they have about 30 years each as faculty and administrators in academic support programs such as the reading lab, athletic labs, and writing labs. They both taught in developmental education programs, First Year in College programs, the Honor’s College, and the English department. They have decades of experience helping students excel in college; and have a talent for helping freshmen, athletes, minorities, international students, and just good students succeed to graduation. They have a combined sixty years of experience in teaching reading, study skills, and learning skills. Their special interests include preparing all students to complete their college degree. While helping students who are just entering college, they also held numerous workshops and presentations for students in complex domains – medical school students, business school students, nursing school students, and graduate school students. Learning continues pass the undergraduate degree and sometimes “bad grades happen to good students.” And this too can be fixed! Both authors have authored eight books and workbooks on this subject with many more to come.
