Name: Student Success in College By Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)
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Student Success in College: Doing What Works! by Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Learn more about your personal identity and strengths, determine your goals and build your career and academic skills with Harrington's STUDENT SUCCESS IN COLLEGE: DOING WHAT WORKS!, 4E. This updated edition explores the keys to academic and career success, beginning with brief, research-driven self-assessments that give you a better understanding of your own unique capabilities. Current content also incorporates the latest research in the field with an emphasis on career skills. You explore career options and learn how to create and strengthen your own professional network so that you are well positioned for career success. You also sharpen proven academic skills as you work with high-level academic sources and online exercises to increase your information literacy and critical-thinking. This edition focuses on the skills that are proven in current research to help you achieve success. MindTap and Infuse digital resources are also available to enhance your learning experience.

About Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Dr. Christine Harrington is a professor and co-coordinator of the doctorate degree of education in community college leadership program at New Jersey City University. Prior to this role, she served a two-year term as the executive director of the Center for Student Success at the Council of County Colleges, supporting all 19 community colleges in the state with student success reform efforts. Dr. Harrington worked at Middlesex College for almost 20 years in the following roles: professor of psychology, student success course coordinator, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, counselor and disability services provider. She earned a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Lehigh University, an M.A. in counseling and personnel services and a B.A. in psychology from The College of New Jersey. She taught the student success course at the community college level for more 15 years, often teaching special sections for students with learning disabilities. Dr. Harrington frequently presents at national conferences, colleges and universities on student success and teaching and learning topics such as student engagement and motivation, the syllabus and dynamic lecturing. She is the lead or sole author for numerous books including Why First-Year Seminars Matter: Helping Students Choose and Stay on a Path, Keeping us Engaged: Student Perspectives (and Research-based Evidence) on What Works and Why, Dynamic Lecturing: Research-based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness, Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement, Ensuring Learning: Supporting Faculty to Improve Student Success and Engaging Faculty in Guided Pathways: A Practical Resource for College Leaders. . Dr. Harrington received the 2016 Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award at the Annual Conference of the First-Year Experience hosted by the National Resource Center on the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

Preface. Student Success in College: Doing What Works! 4th Edition Harrington Table of Contents Introduction: Getting Started Part 1: Knowing Yourself and Decision-Making Chapter1: Exploring Your Identity Chapter 2: Evaluating Information and Thinking Critically Part II: Mapping out a Path and Developing Career Skills Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Choosing a Career Path Chapter 4: Strengthening Networking and Other Essential Skills Part 2: Achieving Academic Success Chapter 5: Building Academic Skills Chapter 6: Demonstrating Knowledge and Skills Chapter 7: Academic Planning and Staying on Track Exploring the Research in Depth Appendix. Answer Key Appendix. References Index. Subject Index.

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9780357792872

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0357792874

Title

Student Success in College: Doing What Works! by Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Author

Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

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Cengage Learning, Inc

Year published

2022-04-13

Number of pages

310

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