All of your hard work in high school has paid off: you have a solid GPA, numerous extracurricular achievements to your name, and an acceptance letter from an excellent college. Now what? What can you expect from the college experience, and how can you get the most out of it? This book will answer your questions and help you find real and lasting success in college.
Deans at America's top institutionsincluding Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and Columbiajoin John Bader to tell you what you need to know to have a rich and rewarding college experience. With wisdom, reassurance, and an insider's perspective, this lively and timely guide will help you develop strategies such as:
Focus on learning, not on grades
Build a new relationship with your parents
Explore your academic choices
Learn from diversity at home and abroad
Cope with failure
Plan boldly for life after college
A complete reworking, this second edition includes information on managing workloads and faculty relationships, as well as new material focused on first-generation challenges and international students. Dean's List offers a thoughtful, commonsense approach to higher education that allows students to make the most of their four years on campusand beyond.
Acknowledgments Introduction: Facing Freshman Year Featuring Guest Essays by brenda bretz, ph.d., Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Strategy #1. Focus on Learning, Not on Grades 13 Featuring Guest Essays by thomas a. dingman, ed.m., Dean of Freshmen, Harvard University leah blatt glasser, ph.d., Dean of First-Year Studies and Lecturer in English, Mount Holyoke College Strategy #2. Build an New Relationship with Your Parents Featuring Guest Essays by kathryn stuart, d.m.a., Dean of Studies and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Oberlin College matthew lazen, ph.d., Director of Studies, Butler College, Princeton University raima evan, ph.d., Assistant Dean, Bryn Mawr College Strategy #3. Work the System by Understanding the System Featuring Guest Essays by margaret bruzelius, ph.d., Dean of the Senior Class and Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Smith College michele rasmussen, ph.d., Associate Dean and Director, Academic Advising Center, Duke University cole m. crittenden, ph.d., Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students, Princeton University Strategy #4. Approach the Curriculum Like a Great Feast Featuring Guest Essays by anya bernstein bassett, ph.d., Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University marcy kraus, ph.d., Dean of Freshmen, University of Rochester george levesque, ph.d., Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Yale College, Yale University Strategy #5. Understand That Majors and Careers Are Not the Same Thing Featuring Guest Essays by george levesque, ph.d., Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Yale College, Yale University m. cecilia gaposchkin, ph.d., Assistant Dean of Faculty for Pre-Major Advising and Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth College joseph holtgreive, ed.m., Assistant Dean and Director of the McCormick Office of Personal Development, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University Strategy #6. Don't Just Work HardWork Smart Featuring Guest Essays by leora brovman, ed.d., Advising Dean, Columbia University adina glickman, m.s.w., Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University Strategy #7. Learn from Diversity at Home and Abroad Featuring Guest Essays by janet a. tighe, ph.d., Dean of Freshmen and Director of Academic Advising, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania raima evan, ph.d., Assistant Dean, Bryn Mawr College Strategy #8. When You Are Failing, Understand Why Featuring Guest Essays by john t. o'keefe, ph.d., Director of Advising and Academic Support Services and Class Dean, Wellesley College leah blatt glasser, ph.d., Dean of First-Year Studies and Lecturer in English, Mount Holyoke College Strategy #9. Cope with Failure by Rebuilding and Forgiving 202 Featuring Guest Essays by john t. o'keefe, Ph.d., Director of Advising and Academic Support Services and Class Dean, Wellesley College thomas n. chiarolanzio, m.a., Associate Dean, Georgetown College, Georgetown University Strategy #10. Plan Boldly for Life after College Featuring Guest Essays by anya bernstein bassett, ph.d., Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University andrew n. simmons, Assistant Director for Pre-Health Advising in the Honors Program, University of Rhode Island
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""In Dean's List, John Bader draws on advice from deans at leading universities'including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and Columbia'as well as over a decade of experience as a dean at Johns Hopkins University to present strategies designed to help new college students succeed. From ""focus on learning, not grades"" to ""learn from diversity at home and abroad,"" the 10 approaches outlined in Bader's book will aid graduating seniors, first-generation, and non-traditional students alike in having the most productive and rewarding college experience possible.""
