Students first discover what they want from their education, then build a plan to get there. This content takes students through the steps to successfully navigate their journey in higher education.
Basic Reading and Writing builds a solid foundation around core aspects of the writing process: critical reading; methodical writing; research and documentation; practical grammar and punctuation. An optional module introduces core principles for college success that help students understand and develop good habits to improve their performance in this and other college courses.
Saylor academy course
This course is designed to equip you with the basic academic, professional, and personal skills you will need to be successful in college.
Academic Success Videos: Reading Improvement
From Dartmouth
Academic Success Videos: Note Taking
From Dartmouth
Academic Success Videos: Strategic Learning
From Dartmouth
Academic Success Videos: Time Management
From Dartmouth
Academic Success Videos: Stress Management
From Dartmouth
The Boost Students Need to Overcome Obstacles
Available from TED.
A comprehensive and contemporary resource that serves First Year Experience, Student Success, and College Transition courses.
Human Development: College Success Full Course
A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students
Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making
A college students' guide for career success, this free Open Educational Resource text focuses on major identification and career exploration.
Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies
A free, Open Educational Resource, Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies is a students' guide for classroom success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college focuses on study skills and time management.
Includes sections on goal setting and time management, study skills, career exploration, learning styles, mental and physical health, and financial management.
features the “big six” effective learning/study skills topics: learning styles and preferences, time and materials management, critical thinking and reading, note-taking, memory principles, and test-taking techniques.
Blueprint for Success in College and Career
A free, Open Educational Resource, Blueprint for Success in College and Career is a students' guide for classroom and career success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation focuses on study skills, time management, career exploration, health, and financial literacy.
Learning Framework: Effective Strategies for College Success
This book is an accessible and relevant way to explore the research and theory in the psychology of learning, cognition, and motivation as well as factors that impact learning, and the presentation of specific learning strategies.
Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research
Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing, from formulating your research question to selecting good information and using it effectively in your research assignments. Additional chapters cover understanding types of sources, searching for information, and avoiding plagiarism.
Foundations of Academic Success: Words of Wisdom
Foundations of Academic Success: Words of Wisdom (FAS: WoW) introduces you to the various aspects of student and academic life on campus and prepares you to thrive as a successful college student
Writing In College: From Competence to Excellence
Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text.
University 101: Study, Strategize and Succeed
University 101: Study Strategize Succeed helps you to create a foundation for post-secondary studies by learning how to learn.
The focus of this textbook is preparing students for a college education with the study and life skills they need to become successful students.