When budgets are in the red, one option for student success is, at $13.95, MAJORING IN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. This book can be used in the summer bridge program or throughout the year in a student success class. This is the first book I wrote and it contains all of the things that employers expect from college graduates, but few people ever bother to tell freshmen so that they can plan for a bright future. Many of the specific tips raised in this important article point directly at student engagement. If we can’t engage them in thoughts about their future and what it might look like, how can we expect them to persist?
Additionally, every chapter of this book features a student who has an internships. Experience is the most valuable thing a college student can get, but they won’t get it in class. Their leadership activities, volunteer activities and internships is the way their experience and practical knowledge can happen.
For budget-strapped universities, this is the best value for college freshmen.
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By W. Robert Connor and Cheryl Ching
A year ago, President Obama set an ambitious goal for American higher education. Alarmed by statistics from the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation that showed the United States is falling behind other developed countries in that regard, he announced that “by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” That’s a commendable goal, but for it to amount to anything, the quality of student engagement and learning has to improve as well. Can that be done at a time when college budgets are under strain on many fronts?
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