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A High School Parent’s Guide to College Success: 12 Essentials

Amy Baldwin and Brian Tietje

Ready to Transition Your Student to College? If you read the headlines and listen to the news, you will see why lots of parents of high school students are nervous, anxious, and a bit worried about their student’s future. The good news is that you can do something now. We draw on our combined experience […]

The First Generation College Experience

Amy Baldwin

The First Generation Experience is the only college success book written specifically to serve first generation students. It is for students who need a little extra attention and support to have a firm footing in the academic world. It is about helping those students who have felt disenfranchised, disengaged, and disappointed by the educational system to empower themselves […]

The College Experience: Compact

Amy Baldwin,‎ Brian Tietje,‎ and Paul G. Stoltz

Part of the Experience Series for college students in a 1-credit or blended/online student success program, The College Experience Compact, 2/e incorporates the GRIT framework, supplying learners with powerful success strategies and tools for college completion and career success—get in, get through, get out, and get paid. The authors recognize that understanding what it takes to succeed in college […]

The College Experience

Amy Baldwin,‎ Brian Tietje,‎ and Paul G. Stoltz

Part of the Experience Series for college students in a four-year program, The College Experience, 2/e incorporates the GRIT framework, supplying learners with powerful success strategies and tools for college completion and career success–get in, get through, get out, and get paid. The authors recognize that understanding what it takes to succeed in college is one thing, but having […]

Foundations for Learning: Claiming Your Education, 3rd Edition

Laurie L. Hazard and Jean-Paul Nadeau

This book is appropriate for courses in First-Year Experience, College Success, and Study Skills. The focus of Foundations for Learning is on academic adjustment with personal development issues seamlessly integrated into the academic emphasis theme of ‘claiming an education’ and taking responsibility for one’s own education. Foundations for Learning addresses both the attitudinal variables and […]

Your Freshman is Off to College: A Month-by-Month Guide to the First Year

Laurie L. Hazard and Stephanie K. Carter

Laurie Hazard and Stephanie Carter’s book, Your Freshman is Off to College: A Month-by-Month Guide to the First Year, offers a handy month-by month guide for parents as the first year of college naturally unfolds. This book, dealing with serious topics, reflects a fun, informative look at the first year for parents of new college […]