On Course - Downing, Skip; Brennan, Jonathan
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Downing/Brennan's ON COURSE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE, 10th Edition, gives you essential tools for academic and career success. Packed with diverse student stories, the text offers practical tips and proven solutions for everyday college challenges. Chapters cover important skills from effective studying and job prep to using AI tools like ChatGPT. You'll also find advice on budgeting, dealing with difficult roommates and acing tough courses. With insights from both students and instructors, you'll learn key soft skills and discover the latest research on happiness to boost your well-being.…mehr

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Downing/Brennan's ON COURSE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE, 10th Edition, gives you essential tools for academic and career success. Packed with diverse student stories, the text offers practical tips and proven solutions for everyday college challenges. Chapters cover important skills from effective studying and job prep to using AI tools like ChatGPT. You'll also find advice on budgeting, dealing with difficult roommates and acing tough courses. With insights from both students and instructors, you'll learn key soft skills and discover the latest research on happiness to boost your well-being.
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Autorenporträt
Skip Downing is an international consultant in the field of faculty development and student success strategies. Dr. Downing has earned degrees from Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Santa Monica and Carnegie Mellon University. He holds advanced degrees in English and counseling psychology. He was a professor of English at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) for 32 years. In addition to his role as an academic instructor, Dr. Downing created and coordinated BCCC's Student Success and Learning Community Programs. These programs teach students how to apply proven success strategies to achieve their full potential in college and in life. The College Success Program resulted in a significant increase in both student academic success and retention. Dr. Downing has made numerous presentations at national conferences and conducted faculty development workshops at many two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands. Dr. Downing's teaching, writing and consulting are all guided by his belief that the greatest mission of any educational institution is to empower its students to live rich, fulfilling lives. From 1996-2016, he facilitated the On Course Workshops, intensive four-day retreats for college educators focusing on proven strategies for helping students become active, responsible partners in their education and achieve greater success in college and in life.