Your Complete Guide to College Success: How to Study Smart, Achieve Your Goals, and Enjoy Campus Life - Softcover

Foss, Donald J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433812967 ISBN 13: 9781433812965

Publisher: American Psychological Association, 2013

Synopsis

Your Complete Guide to College Success is an up-to-date, evidence-based book that provides a roadmap for how to be successful in college-and afterwards.

College and real life aren amp rsquo t the distinct worlds they are often made out to be. With the skills, knowledge, and attitudes you amp rsquo ll learn in this book you can tackle college work and cope effectively with issues such as: learning in the most effective and efficient way, figuring out the social scene, defining your goals and accomplishing them, and creatively adapting to a changing world. Your Complete Guide to College Success covers a comprehensive set of academic and personal topics, and distills research results and advice into a student-friendly, readable package.

About this title

About the Author

Donald J. Foss, PhD, was the first in his family to go to college. He attended Hamline University and then transferred to the University of Minnesota, where he received both a bachelor's degree and a doctorate. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, he joined The University of Texas at Austin, rising to be a professor of psychology and the chair of the psychology department. Dr. Foss has also been on the psychology faculty at Florida State University, where he was dean of its College of Arts and Sciences. Presently, he is a professor of psychology at the University of Houston, where he also has served as senior vice president for academic affairs and as provost. Dr. Foss received an All-University Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Texas at Austin and an Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota. His research interests are in cognitive psychology, specializing in how people comprehend both spoken and written language. He has published numerous professional articles and book chapters and has cowritten or coedited seven books.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433812967
• ISBN 13: 9781433812965
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295