Full Description
Learn more about your personal identity and strengths, determine your goals and build your career and academic skills with Harrington's STUDENT SUCCESS IN COLLEGE: DOING WHAT WORKS!, 4E. This updated edition explores the keys to academic and career success, beginning with brief, research-driven self-assessments that give you a better understanding of your own unique capabilities. Current content also incorporates the latest research in the field with an emphasis on career skills. You explore career options and learn how to create and strengthen your own professional network so that you are well positioned for career success. You also sharpen proven academic skills as you work with high-level academic sources and online exercises to increase your information literacy and critical-thinking. This edition focuses on the skills that are proven in current research to help you achieve success. MindTap and Infuse digital resources are also available to enhance your learning experience.
Contents
Preface.
Student Success in College: Doing What Works! 4th Edition
Harrington
Table of Contents
Introduction: Getting Started
Part 1: Knowing Yourself and Decision-Making
Chapter1: Exploring Your Identity
Chapter 2: Evaluating Information and Thinking Critically
Part II: Mapping out a Path and Developing Career Skills
Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Choosing a Career Path
Chapter 4: Strengthening Networking and Other Essential Skills
Part 2: Achieving Academic Success
Chapter 5: Building Academic Skills
Chapter 6: Demonstrating Knowledge and Skills
Chapter 7: Academic Planning and Staying on Track
Exploring the Research in Depth Appendix.
Answer Key Appendix.
References Index.
Subject Index.
