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- Title: Are You Really Ready for College?
- Author : Robert R. Neuman
- Release Date : January 21, 2011
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 5348 KB
Description
In his book, Dr. Robert Neuman shares with high school students 12 key strategies that will help them become better organized and avoid common 'college student' mistakes. It's a systematic approach that goes beyond micro skills like outlining and memorization tricks to help students learn how to be productive, take initiative, use resources, manage themselves and their time, realistically assess progress, read warning signs, adjust to change, set and reach goals, and mark off academic milestones. Filled with compelling facts about the realities of college and student anecdotes, this is a personal workbook that students can carry with them and regularly review throughout their high school years.
Are you really ready for college? is a useful resource not just for students but for their support system including parents, high school counselors, teachers and other education advisers. The book can be used in other ways including:
An at-home handbook showing parents how to guide and support the school's efforts.
A book that teachers could recommend to families at parent-teacher conferences to improve student performance.
A book that forms a valuable curriculum for high school orientation or study skills courses.
A resource for guidance counselors in working with individuals or groups.
Required reading for students working with guidance counselors.
As a dean of academic advising, I spent my professional life working with college students, many of them in academic trouble, despite excellent high school grades and test scores. Listening to these students, I identified a set of common problems that defined student "un-readiness" to meet the academic demands of college. The 12 strategies of my book prevent these problems. I wanted to share them with students, parents, teachers, and counselors.
College "un-readiness" is a national problem and the well-documented statistics on the nation's poor college graduation rates bear this out: Only about one-third of students graduates in the usual four years. Extend that time to six years, and the number rises to only about 60% - a little more than half. It's a problem that's not only discouraging but expensive. Another disturbing statistic: A staggering 25% of college freshmen don't return to their original campus for sophomore year, often because they cannot cope with the workload.
I wrote this book for high school and middle school students, specifying 12 strategies that young students need to develop before college. During these formative years, teens can practice and strengthen these strategies. If they do, by the time they get to college, they will be ready. While the book is written for teens, it acts as a guide for parents and educators who want to know specific ways to support teens getting ready for college.