College
COVID-19 / College
3 Things Your Student Needs to Succeed in College This Year
It’s that time again: Back-to-school planning and general excitement about a new year. Sort of. I am not sure if you are feeling the end-of-summer worries like I am, but I have been wondering: Will things be better? Could they be worse? Will my students be...
COVID-19 / College
Get Your College Student Ready for Anything
“What did you think about your freshman year during the pandemic?” I asked my college freshman last week. I figured since we were only a week before the end of the semester, he would have lots to say. “It was okay,” he said. “Just...
High School / College
Believe in Yourself and Other Advice from College Students to College Students
What would college students tell future college students to help them with the transition to college? I had my ideas as to what they would say when I set up the interviews of several of my former students over the past few weeks. What I didn’t expect was that...
College / Career
Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major
Bless the students (and the parents of them) who leave high school, enter college, study and learn, and graduate with one specific goal in mind. Maybe they have always wanted to be a nurse or wanted to study a foreign language so they can live and work in another...
High School / College
How to Be an Academic Superstar
Last fall, I taught a course called Academic Strategies. It is a one-credit-hour course at my university that covers topics such as note-taking, studying, and test taking. You would think that college students would run from such an elective course for something,...Latest Posts
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