Foundations: a reader for new college students

Preface

How to Keep a Journal

Unit 1. The Value of a College Education: Why Am I in College?

Why Go To College? Two Classic Answers / William Johnson Cory / John Henry Newman

The Lure of Learning / William J. Bennett

The Value of a College Education / GetRichSlowly.org

The Evolution of Undergraduate Education / Derek Bok

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Unit 2. What Can I Expect from College and How Will I Change?

The Developing College Student / Virginia N. Gordon

Seniors' Advice to New Students

The Stakes are Low / Ben Bernstein

Four Pieces of Advice / Jennifer Rosella

Things I Wish I Knew as a Freshman / Andrew Gordon-Seifert

Tips on Becoming Personally Effective / Susan Jones Sears

Loneliness / Barbara M. Newman / Philip R. Newman

Three Paths to Financial Freedom / Dave Ellis

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Unit 3. How Can I Succeed Academically?

How to Win at College / Cal Newport

Using Time and Space Effectively / Walter Pauk / Ross J. Q. Owens

Want Good Advising? Take the Initiative! / Howard K. Schein / Ned S. Laff / Deborah R. Allen

Fourteen Ways of Looking at Electives / Thomas L. Minnick

Please! It's Only Seven Minutes Late, Professor / Joel J. Gold

Why I Don't Let Students Cut My Classes / William R. Brown

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Unit 4. How Should I Expect to Learn?

Minds Viewed Globally / Howard Gardner

Learning Styles: They Can Help or Hinder / Al Siebert / Bernadine Gilpin

The Power of Memory / Regina Hellyer / Carol Robinson / Phyllis Sherwood

How Do I Find Out What Faeulty Are Doing? / Howard K. Schein / Ned S. Laff / Deborah R. Allen

How to Become an Expert Problem Solver / Karl Albrecht

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Unit 5. What About Technology?

The Challenge of Technology / A. W. Bates / Gary Poole

A Generation Bathed in Bits / Don Tapscott

Losing Stuff Has Never Been So Sad / Leonard Pitts

Emailreplies.com, E-mail Etiquette

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Unit 6. What Are My Rights and Responsibilities as a Student?

On Academic Freedom / William H. Halverson / James R. Carter

Ideas as Property / Thomas L. Minnick

You and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act / C. L. Lindsay III

College of Business, College Cheating Is Bad for Business / W. P. Carey

Avoiding Plagiarism / Rosemarie Menager / Lyn Paulos

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Unit 7. What Is Diversity and Why Is It Important?

From Diversity to Inclusivity / Thomas Brown

I Have a Dream / Martin Luther King

How Discrimination Works and Why It Matters: Five Personal Statements

The Face of Racism / Edward A. Delgado-Romero

Personal Narrative of an Asian American's Experience with Racism / Donna M. Talbot

What Could I Know of Racism? / Joy E. Weeber

Pain and Perseverance: Perspectives from an Ally / Lisa J. Brandyberry

A College Senior Speaks about Diversity: The Disability Perspective / Skylar Covich

Affirmative Action and Multiculturalism / David Bruce Ingram / Jennifer A. Parks

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Unit 8. What Should I Know About Careers?

A Career that Fits You / Nicholas A. Lore

The Relationship between College and Work / Donald Asher

Job Search: Chance or Plan? / Mark Ballard

An Internship-Your First Big Career Break / Dave Home

Adjust to Change / Arthur D. Rosenberg

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Unit 9. Setting Future Goals: Now Is the Time To Start

Here Life Comes / Mel Levine

The Next Great Collegiate Generation / Neil Howe / William Strauss

Grow Up? Not So Fast / Lev Grossman

To the Graduates / Christopher Reeve

The First Lady's Challenge to the Graduates / Michelle Obama

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Author Index

Subject Index