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Foundations A Reader for New College Students

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ISBN-10: 1439086052

ISBN-13: 9781439086056

Edition: 5th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Virginia N. Gordon, Thomas L. Minnick

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List price: $120.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.13" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792

Thomas L. Minnick is Special Assistant to the Vice Provost of Minority Affairs at The Ohio State University.

Preface
How to Keep a Journal
The Value of a College Education: Why Am I in College?
Why Go To College? Two Classic Answers
The Lure of Learning
The Value of a College Education
The Evolution of Undergraduate Education
Unit Summary
What Can I Expect from College and How Will I Change?
The Developing College Student
Seniors' Advice to New Students
The Stakes are Low
Four Pieces of Advice
Things I Wish I Knew as a Freshman
Tips on Becoming Personally Effective
Loneliness
Three Paths to Financial Freedom
Unit Summary
How Can I Succeed Academically?
How to Win at College
Using Time and Space Effectively
Want Good Advising? Take the Initiative!
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Electives
Please! It's Only Seven Minutes Late, Professor
Why I Don't Let Students Cut My Classes
Unit Summary
How Should I Expect to Learn?
Minds Viewed Globally
Learning Styles: They Can Help or Hinder
The Power of Memory
How Do I Find Out What Faeulty Are Doing?
How to Become an Expert Problem Solver
Unit Summary
What About Technology?
The Challenge of Technology
A Generation Bathed in Bits
Losing Stuff Has Never Been So Sad
Emailreplies.com, E-mail Etiquette
Unit Summary
What Are My Rights and Responsibilities as a Student?
On Academic Freedom
Ideas as Property
You and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
College of Business, College Cheating Is Bad for Business
Avoiding Plagiarism
Unit Summary
What Is Diversity and Why Is It Important?
From Diversity to Inclusivity
I Have a Dream
How Discrimination Works and Why It Matters: Five Personal Statements
The Face of Racism
Personal Narrative of an Asian American's Experience with Racism
What Could I Know of Racism?
Pain and Perseverance: Perspectives from an Ally
A College Senior Speaks about Diversity: The Disability Perspective
Affirmative Action and Multiculturalism
Unit Summary
What Should I Know About Careers?
A Career that Fits You
The Relationship between College and Work
Job Search: Chance or Plan?
An Internship-Your First Big Career Break
Adjust to Change
Unit Summary
Setting Future Goals: Now Is the Time To Start
Here Life Comes
The Next Great Collegiate Generation
Grow Up? Not So Fast
To the Graduates
The First Lady's Challenge to the Graduates
Unit Summary
Author Index
Subject Index