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The College Completion Agenda by Jordan E. Horowitz; Brad C. Phillips (Editor)
Call Number: LB 2328 .N4 2013 Winter
ISBN: 9781118862162
Publication Date: 2014-02-10
This volume provides practical ways colleges can focus on the College Completion Agenda
What the Best College Students Do by Ken Bain
Call Number: LA 229 .B24 2012
ISBN: 9780674066649
Publication Date: 2012-08-27
The author of the best-selling book What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college"and every other educational enterprise, too.

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College Success Guaranteed by Malcolm Gauld
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This book serves as a guide to help women on their path of empowerment and answers the questions: What is empowerment? How can I become empowered? Where do I start?It also has a message for every citizen of the world who wants to make a difference, starting with the fact that girls' empowerment concerns all of us and the future we want to create for ourselves and our loved ones.Finally, the reader's question: "How can I help?" is answered with a simple, but powerful empowerment system which anyone, anywhere, can do right now!
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Publication Date: 2014-02-17
Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that the limited resources of colleges and students need not diminish the undergraduate experience. At every turning point in students' undergraduate lives, it was the people, not the programs, that proved critical.

Kirstie: College Dropout or College Grad?

At 17, Kirstie snoozed her way through school and fears she will be left behind as friends go off to college. She wants to do a job she loves, so she now must find her purpose and the drive to pursue it.

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Effective Study Skills Description: Students learn how to achieve academic success by learning the study behaviors that lead to high achievement. This video illustrates the importance of developing good skills in the areas of listening, notetaking, and outlining. Emphasis is placed on preparing for classes, paying attention, and developing a positive attitude. Bad academic behaviors are illustrated by one of the worst students in history. Specific suggestions, tips, and techniques are presented to overcome bad habits. The second section shows students how to utilize time at home efficiently, how to set priorities, how to decide which subjects to study first, how long to study each subject, and how to get the most from their texts. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 30-minute video
This Way to an A: Effective Study Skills Why do we have to learn this? When will I ever use this information once I get out of school? When students acquire the ability to answer these questions for themselves, they develop an improved understanding of their subjects along with the ability to identify and retain pertinent information. This upbeat video teaches students the Empty "V" System which stresses the importance and effectiveness of deciding the purpose of each lesson in order to better understand key information. Students learn proven techniques for studying, reviewing, and retaining information that fit into any lifestyle or class structure. Reading and taking notes becomes easier, more effective, and less time-consuming as students learn how to find key facts and ideas. Study sessions become more efficient as students learn tips for condensing information into memorable formats and the effectiveness of frequently referring to the condensed versions. This important lesson entertains busy, lazy, eager, and reluctant students as they learn to apply the skills that last a lifetime. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 30-minute video and how-to-study book.
Strategic Learning This program outlines a concise three-step process for understanding and retaining information. The steps include exposure, review, and practice. Class attendance is stressed for maximum exposure to material. Valuable advice is provided on how to distill weekly lecture notes into a meaningful study guide. Methods for retrieving information learned include recitation and group study. (10 minutes)
This Is a Test...This Is Only a Test: Test-Taking Techniques For many students, the mere thought of taking a test sends adrenaline running throughout their bodies, brings perspiration to their brows, and causes them to suddenly forget everything they have learned. This humorous and informative video teaches students the art of stress-free test-taking. Students learn how to put test-taking into its proper perspective and realize that although tests are important, they are simply a way to measure one’s knowledge of a subject. This is a Test stresses that no gimmick or shortcut can take the place of knowledge and teaches tips for reviewing and retaining information with easy-to-implement, effective study techniques. Students learn how test scores and anxiety levels are affected by preparing, organizing, cramming, and anticipating. Students discover the most effective ways to approach common test formats (multiple choice, standardized, matching, true/false, and essay), the importance of reading questions carefully, and the benefits of preparing themselves physically as well as mentally. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 30-minute video and how-to-study book

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