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A College Primer: An Introduction to Academic Life for the Entering College Student

Autor John T. Kirkpatrick
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mai 2004
Here is a helpful resource for high school students who want to learn more about the real reason they will attend college: to gain an education.

Going beyond the available college books that describe dorm life and fraternities, author John Kirkpatrick introduces students to the rich textures of the academic world at today's colleges and universities. He unravels the mysteries of professors, academic culture, degree programs, who's who on campus, and expectations in the college classroom. Kirkpatrick tells his tale as a seasoned voyager in the modern academy, who is passionate about the magic that happens inside the college gates. Students, parents, guidance counselors, and academic advisors will find the book useful in focusing entering student attention on the academic demands that await them.

Finally, this is a book that talks seriously with students, not at them, about the remarkable trek through the academic world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781578861392
ISBN-10: 157886139X
Pagini: 62
Dimensiuni: 148 x 224 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 The Admission
Chapter 5 The History
Chapter 6 The Professoriate
Chapter 7 The Degree
Chapter 8 The Structure
Chapter 9 The Culture
Chapter 10 The Folkways
Chapter 11 The Mores
Chapter 12 The Life of the Mind
Chapter 13 The Commencement
Chapter 14 About the Author

Recenzii

Kirkpatrick's volume helps new students, parents, and others to understand the fundamental issues of collegiate life, from admission through commencement. The book provides a useful glimpse of the faculty, the meaning of the degree, the complexity of the organization and perhaps most usefully, those strange folkways that characterize institutions of higher learning. For the ambitious and talented who join colleges and universities each year, this small volume is an excellent way to start the journey of a lifetime.
...offers a point of view and information not often found in first-year college student books. This book would also be a useful tool for teachers, guidance counselors, college advisors, and parents of new college students.
A College Primer is a different kind of college guidebook. This collection of essays will help students begin to understand the learning communities they intend to enter: their history, the values of the faculty, and the academic expectations that await them. Dr. Kirkpatrick has shared this knowledge with his own students for many years. Now his counsel is available to all prospective college students. In this small book, he reveals the mysteries of academic life and provides students with the keys they will need to unlock them.