"College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count" is the essential guide to graduating on time with better grades and less stress for a lot less money. This practical, easy to read guide takes students from freshman dreams to graduation reality by helping them make the most of their college experience. With the right preparation, information and motivation any student can successfully earn an undergraduate degree in four years. For Students Preparing to Go to College: A wealth of resources and opportunities to get the most out of college as soon as they arrive on campus. Know what to do now, and later, to ensure success. For Current College Students: Unique tools and tactics that help students, at any stage in their academic career, stay on top of degree requirements and progress towards graduation. For Parents and Stakeholders: An excellent framework to help prepare students before college. During college, it is a resource to help provide practical support that encourages success. Resources You Won't Find Anywhere Else: Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr, draws from his 30-plus years in higher education as a college professor and administrator, to give students extraordinary insider information that empowers and encourages them to graduate in four years with better grades and excellent job prospects. His informative and transformative stories about real students and professors have helped more than 10,000 students successfully navigate college. Through "College in Four Years," Dr. Sawyer is now able to share these stories and help more students. Written in the entertaining and accessible tradition of Aesop, he offers 29 actionable and essential "Takeaways" along with proven-to-work tips, worksheets, outlines, techniques and tactics giving more students the opportunity to make every semester count. "College in Four Years" resonates with students - regardless of major course of study or class standing. Less Stress Equals More Success: When a student falls behind in their classes, grades or credits - the stress of catching up, then keeping up, can derail a college career. "College in Four Years" offers resources to help students take control of their college experience. Graduating in Four Years Saves Time and Money: Taking more than four years to graduate wastes time and financial resources and, increases the risk that a student will never graduate. A six year degree costs 150% of a four-year degree; that's $60,000 - $120,000 more in private school tuition or, $18,000 - $44,000 at a public institution. Add to that, two years of lost income and missed professional opportunities. "College in Four Years" equips students with essential tools to help them avoid wasting resources by taking six years to graduate. Praise for "College in Four Years" "In his thoughtful book, Dr. Sawyer addresses one of the most important issues in higher education today - keeping students in college and graduating them on time. College in Four Years is a must read for students preparing for college as well as those currently in college. It also gives parents/guardians/educators and other stakeholders a better understanding of how to help students make the most of their educational experience." Dr. Roderick Page, United States Secretary of Education (2001 - 2005) About the Author: For more than three decades, at public and private colleges and universities, on campuses large and small, Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr, has helped more than 10,000 students, successfully navigate college and beyond. He continues to enjoy every opportunity to teach, counsel, cajole and guide students as a professor of finance and director of the MBA Program at Bowie State University in Maryland. His passion, as an educator, mentor and motivator, is to ensure that any student who has the will to earn a college degree finds the support they need along the way. He blogs at GranvilleSawyer.com and tweets @ProfGMS