Going to college has been characterized as a right, a privilege, a social obligation, a career imperative, a rite of passage. But among the 2-million students who trudge off to college each year, only a little over half will graduate from the institution they entered as freshmen. Why? Many students simply find the transition from high school & family life difficult. Colleges now see 'retaining' students as a real institutional imperative & they realize that their success is proportional to the effort they make to help ...
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Going to college has been characterized as a right, a privilege, a social obligation, a career imperative, a rite of passage. But among the 2-million students who trudge off to college each year, only a little over half will graduate from the institution they entered as freshmen. Why? Many students simply find the transition from high school & family life difficult. Colleges now see 'retaining' students as a real institutional imperative & they realize that their success is proportional to the effort they make to help students work through their anxieties, their academic challenges & their social adjustments. Hence, a flood of books addressing this topic in recent years. But loaded with text, case histories, checklists & worksheets, these books themselves pose a problem: students are overwhelmed & rarely read them. In "College Knowledge: What You Need to Know Before You Go", Jennifer Trussell addresses the issue briefly & from the Student's point of view, in their language & with humor & insight. A great gift from family or friends, Trussell's book is also one that a first semester college kid won't be embarrassed to be seen reading as he/she walks, tentatively, to that first class in the fall.
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