Full Description
The problem with higher education today is that colleges are not transparent about their students' academic lives, so families don't know what their students should experience or accomplish in college. This book is part on-the-ground college insider tell-all memoir and part study skills Bible. It's brutally honest, relatable, and entirely free of jargon, and alerts parents to a huge problem in American education today - that high school doesn't prepare students to thrive in college. Offering explicit study skills solutions for the academic, financial, and mental health problems caused by this unfortunate reality, this book helps students, parents, teachers, and administrators have more rewarding experiences in schools, to the great benefit of themselves and their school communities. It shows students how to learn more and earn better grades in less time so that they can make the most of their college investment, parents what they can expect from their kids' college experiences, and administrators what the schoolwork is really like at the level below or above their current professional context. Every parent will recognize their college-bound children in several of the chapters.
Contents
Foreword
Jeff Landeck
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: The Big Picture
Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter 2- Seven Rules for Getting Your Money's Worth and Having an Awesome Time in College
Part 2: Common Cases
Chapter 3- Kids with No Plan
Chapter 4- Kids with Ill-Conceived Plans
Chapter 5- Kids Who Don't Apologize or Write Thank-You Notes
Chapter 6- Kids Who Don't Test Well
Chapter 7- Kids Who Procrastinate
Chapter 8- Kids with ADHD
Chapter 9- Kids with Slow Processing Speed
Part 3: Special Cases
Chapter 10- Kids Who Think Learning Styles Exist
Chapter 11- Unmotivated Kids
Chapter 12- Hard Cases
Chapter 13- Athletes
Chapter 14- Women with Low Confidence
Chapter 15- High-Performing Kids
Part 4: Study Skills Solutions
Chapter 16- Time Management
Chapter 17- Reading
Chapter 18- Notetaking
Chapter 19- Tests
Chapter 20- Papers
Part 5: Next Steps
Chapter 21- Conclusion
Appendix
About the Author
