商品簡介
Success in college and beyond requires more than just intellect. Motivation, focus, and discipline are key. Staley's FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS shows you how to use these traits to drive your personal success in college---and well beyond. Knowing how to succeed in college may seem like common sense, but this book teaches college success tactics you need not learn on your own. This text covers topics, tools, and techniques that will deliver results. By learning these skills early, you can avoid common pitfalls. All of the book's exercises are specifically designed to help you learn more about yourself and to help you focus on what you need to do to succeed, with learning tools that help you chart your progress. These lessons will also help you in your career and personal life. Did you know that your odds of completing college successfully increase after you take a college success course? That makes FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS a no-brainer.
作者簡介
Connie Staley School University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (although I lived all over the world and went to 10 schools in 12 years!)
Interests Spending time with my Sean Connery look-alike husband, my two daughters, and my grandtwins; relaxing at my cabin in the mountains; and traveling around the country to speak with first-year students and their instructors
Favorite TV Shows British murder mysteries, medical dramas, Seinfeld reruns (I have them memorized), and improv comedy
Memories of Being a First-Year Student I remember loving my public speaking class and having lots of firends, but being extremely homesick.
Steve Staley School Colorado Technical University
Homestown Watford city, North Dakota; then Seattle, Washington, for twelve school years; finally Colorado Springs, Colorado, off and on since high school
Interests Reading, traveling with my brilliant and beautiful wife, enjoying good times with daughters and grandkids, fly-fishing in a wonderful little stream below our Rocky Mountain cabin, and talking with students and colleagues around the world about what makes great teaching and effective learning
Favorite TV Shows House, Medium, Mad Men
Memories of Being a First-Year Student Excited, scared, out of my depth, fascinated by my physics, psych, and political science classes.
