Description The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful.
In teaching law and government, she draws on her experience as a legislative lawyer, lobbyist, and communications strategist in leading civil rights organizations..
Lara Hope Schwartz, JD teaches in the Department of Government at American University School of Public Affairs (SPA) and is the Director of the Project on Civil Discourse.
She created and directed AU\'s award-winning first-year experience program and consults with colleges that wish to create their own first-year transition courses.
About the Author Andrea Malkin Brenner, Ph D taught in the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at American University for over 20 years.
The book draws on the authors\' experience teaching, writing curricula, and designing programs for thousands of first-year college students over decades.
Professors Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Schwartz guide first-year students and their families through the transition process, during the summer after high school graduation and throughout the school year, preparing students to succeed and thrive as they transition and adapt to college.
How to College is here to help.
In fact, up to one third of first-year college students will not return for their second year--and colleges are reporting an increase in underprepared first-year students.
As a result, first-year college students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past.
Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren\'t present to serve as "scaffolding" for students; and first-years have to do What they call "adulting." Nothing in the college admissions process prepares students for these new realities.
Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for What college is really like.
Description The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful
