FOCUS on College Success, Concise Edition - Softcover

Staley, Constance

 
9780495906421: FOCUS on College Success, Concise Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0495906425 ISBN 13: 9780495906421
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

FOCUS ON COLLEGE SUCCESS, CONCISE EDITION, thoroughly engages ANY reader with direct applications and immediate results. Staley, one of the best-known names in the field of motivation and focus increases the credibility of the college success course by providing tools that help improve student retention. Thoroughly researched, the text covers the topics most important to student success and incorporates the underlying themes of motivation and self-discipline throughout. Rather than talking down to readers or speaking over their heads, FOCUS ON COLLEGE SUCCESS, CONCISE EDITION, strikes a personal and informal conversation with readers--directly connecting with and drawing them into text discussions.

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About the Author

Constance Staley is a professor of communication and acting dean of the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she directed the First-Year Seminar Program for nearly 25 years. An award-winning teacher, Dr. Staley designs and teaches online courses (Professional Presentations), hybrid courses (Communication, Training and Consulting) and face-to-face courses (Conflict Management). Her works include a faculty training package, TEACHING COLLEGE SUCCESS, as well as the groundbreaking resource manual 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LECTERN. She also is the author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE SUCCESS and the co-author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS with Steve Staley. A well-known name in FYE circles, Dr. Staley is a leader in faculty development nationwide. During a three-year leave from the University of Colorado, she joined an East Coast Fortune 500 company to design and deliver its management and supervisory training. In addition, she represented the university as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching in the former Soviet Union. She earned a B.S. in education, an M.A. in linguistics and a Ph.D. in communication.

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Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0495906425
ISBN 13 
9780495906421
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
320

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