The Strategic Student

The Strategic Student
Author: David Cass
Publisher: Uvize, Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0983886326

This book offers academic strategies to help veterans transition from the structured military environment to the unstructured college environment and become self-reliant, successful students

7 Steps for Success

7 Steps for Success
Author: Elizabeth C. Hamblet
Publisher: Council For Exceptional Children
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0865864675

The transition from high school is challenging for any student, but for young adults with disabilities, it can be even more difficult. In addition to adjusting to increased academic demands in an environment where there is less structure and support, students have to navigate a disability services system that is very different from the one they knew in high school. But with the proper preparation, students can enjoy success! This practical guide explains how the system for accommodations works, describes students' rights and responsibilities within that system, and employs the voices of seasoned professionals and college students to explain the skills and strategies students should develop while they are in high school to ensure success when they reach college. As a bonus, it also offers answers to questions students with disabilities frequently ask about disclosing their disability in the admissions process.

After College

After College
Author: Erica Young Reitz
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2016-07-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830894365

Erica Young Reitz helps college seniors and recent graduates navigate the complex transition to post-college life. Drawing on best practices and research on senior preparedness, this practical guide addresses the top issues graduates face: making decisions, finding friends, managing money, discerning your calling and much more.

Sharing the Transition to College

Sharing the Transition to College
Author: Jennifer Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735521800

An invaluable, thoughtfully written how-to-guide filled with practical words of advice for college-bound students and their families.

Thriving in Transitions

Thriving in Transitions
Author: Laurie A. Schreiner
Publisher: The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-11-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1942072481

When it was originally released, Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success represented a paradigm shift in the student success literature, moving the student success conversation beyond college completion to focus on student characteristics that promote high levels of academic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal performance in the college environment. The authors contend that a focus on remediating student characteristics or merely encouraging specific behaviors is inadequate to promote success in college and beyond. Drawing on research on college student thriving completed since 2012, the newly revised collection presents six research studies describing the characteristics that predict thriving in different groups of college students, including first-year students, transfer students, high-risk students, students of color, sophomores, and seniors, and offers recommendations for helping students thrive in college and life. New to this edition is a chapter focused on the role of faculty in supporting college student thriving.

Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities

Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities
Author: Meg Grigal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2018-07-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317389158

Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities provides effective strategies for navigating the transition process from high school into college for students with a wide range of disabilities. As students with disabilities attend two and four-year colleges in increasing numbers and through expanding access opportunities, challenges remain in helping these students and their families prepare for and successfully transition into higher education. Professionals and families supporting transition activities are often unaware of today’s new and rapidly developing options for postsecondary education. This practical guide offers user-friendly resources, including vignettes, research summaries, and hands-on activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom and in the community and that facilitate strong collaboration between schools and families. Preparation issues such as financial aid, applying for college, and other long-term planning areas are addressed in detail. An accompanying student resource section offers materials for high school students with disabilities that secondary educators, counselors, and transition personnel can use to facilitate exploration and planning discussions. Framing higher education as a possible transition goal for all students with disabilities, Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities supports the postsecondary interests of more than four million public school students with disabilities.

The Transition to College Writing

The Transition to College Writing
Author: Keith Hjortshoj
Publisher: Bedford Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2009-01-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

This brief rhetoric introduces the essential reading and writing strategies students need to succeed in courses across the curriculum. Taking the transition from high school to college as his starting point, Hjortshoj speaks directly and honestly to students, offering them practical strategies to shed ineffective habits and move toward a more mature, flexible understanding of how to respond to academic challenges. Distilling information about writing assignments from across the curriculum, Hjortshoj shows students how to decode these assignments and approach them effectively. The second edition offers more advice on how to meet the difficult challenge of synthesizing and integrating sources, and the text has been streamlined to be a better reference.

Summer Melt

Summer Melt
Author: Benjamin L. Castleman
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1612507433

Under increasing pressure to raise graduation rates and ensure that students leave high school college- and career-ready, many school and district leaders may believe that, when students graduate with college acceptances in hand, their work is done. But as Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page show, summer can be a time of significant attrition among college-intending seniors—especially those from low-income families. Anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of students presumed to be headed to college fail to matriculate at any postsecondary institution in the fall following high school. Summer Melt explores the complex factors that contribute to this trend—the absence of school support, confusion over paperwork, lack of parental guidance, and the teenage tendency to procrastinate. The authors draw on findings from fields such as neuroscience, behavioral economics, and social psychology to contextualize these factors. Drawing on a series of research studies, they show how schools and districts can develop effective, low-cost, scalable responses—including counselor outreach, peer mentoring, and using text messages and social media—to help students stay on track over the summer. Summer Melt offers very practical guidance for schools and districts committed to helping their students make the transition to college.

The Enlightened College Applicant

The Enlightened College Applicant
Author: Andrew Belasco
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-05-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475865228

Deluged with messages that range from “It’s Ivy League or bust” to “It doesn’t matter where you go,” college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. Finally—a worthy life preserver has arrived. The Enlightened College Applicant speaks to its audience in a highly accessible, engaging, and example-filled style, giving readers the perspective and practical tools to select and earn admission at the colleges that most closely align with their academic, career, and life goals. In place of the recycled entrance statistics or anecdotal generalizations about campus life found in many guidebooks, The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process. Shifting the mindset from “How can I get into a college?” to “What can that college do for me?” authors Bergman and Belasco pull back the curtain on critical topics such as whether college prestige matters, what college-related skills are valued in the job market, which schools and degrees provide the best return on investment, how to minimize the costs of a college education, and much more. Whether you are a valedictorian or a B/C student, this easy-to-read book will improve your college savvy and enable you to maximize the benefits of your higher education.

Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success

Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success
Author: Stan F. Shaw
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781598570168

College success-put it within reach for students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities. This cutting-edge book balances current research with the most practical guidance available on making a smooth transition to college and ensuring the best ac