Stephen Lassonde

Helping Your Students Write Personal Statements (eBook, ePUB)

Framing the Narrative for Fellowships and Other Opportunities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Helping Your Students Write Personal Statements analyzes the components of the effective personal statement and provides examples from many successful essays by actual college students, as well as exercises for students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040003435
• Artikelnr.: 69981618

Autorenporträt

Stephen Lassonde is Director of the Newman Office of Prestigious Scholarships & Fellowships at Hunter College, City University of New York. He was formerly Dean of Student Life at Harvard College, Deputy Dean of the College at Brown University, and an Assistant Dean at Yale College. Lassonde has previously published on the history of childhood and education in the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: What Our Students Don't Know: What Is a
Fellowship, and Why Apply for One? Chapter 2: Common Denominators: What It
Takes to Be a Successful Applicant Chapter 3: "Who Are You?" Helping Your
Students Know Who They Are Chapter 4: What a Fellowship Committee Wants to
Know about Your Student: Helping Your Students Understand How to Present
Themselves Chapter 5: Framing the Narrative: Authenticity in the Personal
Statement Chapter 6: Where to Begin? Getting Your Students Started on
Writing Their Personal Statements Chapter 7: Revising and Ending: Helping
Your Students Understand the Importance of Refining Their Personal
Statements Conclusion: Recruiting, Cultivating, and Retaining Student
Talent, and Faculty Collaboration Index