Nationally, 89 percent of low-income first-generation students leave college within six years without a degree. More than a quarter leave after their first year — four times the dropout rate of higher-income second-generation students.
Isn’t that incredible? Why? Because they don’t have the skills and guidance to be able to navigate through the bureaucracy and mores found on the campuses of higher education.
There is a solution. Preparing yourself, your children and your students.
Of course, preparing oneself academically is essential for success on the campuses of higher education, but it takes more than just being academically prepared. The new student needs nurturing in how to find their ways around the campus. They need to know who to ask what questions – for instance, do they know that many financial aid offices can help them in locating campus jobs? They need tips on how to manage their time and their money.
Students who succeed are ones who know the ins and outs of managing their academic skills. They know how to take notes. They have skills in taking tests and even know themselves as a learner. They know how to study and the best times to study.
There are myriads of pieces of information that will guide the student through the expected challenges of the first year in higher education.
This book, The Successful Scholar, is filled with the tips and necessary information to aid the student through their first year. It contains graphs, pictures and diagrams. There is information on learning personalities and how to identify the best methodologies in relation to these learning personalities. All of which are in color.
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-successful-scholar/?referralCode=BC7B3D78FC5B4B45C08F
Sources:
Atkinson, T. (2017). The Successful Scholar.
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By Tracy AtkinsonTracy Atkinson, mother of six, lives in the Southwest with her husband and spirited long-haired miniature dachshunds. She is a teacher, having taught elementary school to higher education, holding degrees in elementary education and an EDS in higher education. Her passion is researching, studying and investigating the attributes related to self-directed learners and learning styles. She has published several titles, including MBTI Learning Styles: A Practical Approach, The Art of Learning Journals, Calais: The Annals of the Hidden, Lemosa: The Annals of the Hidden, Book Two, Rachel’s 8 and Securing Your Tent. She is currently working on a non-fiction text exploring the attributes of self-directed learners: The Five Characteristics of Self-directed Learners.
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