25 Ways to Make College Pay Off

Advice for Anxious Parents from a Professor Who’s Seen It All

Author: Bill Coplin, Ph.D.
Pub Date: 2007
Your Price: $24.95
ISBN: 081447456X
Format: Hardcover

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Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

25 Ways to Make College Pay Off

PART ONE: Three Goals for Career Success Through College

Chapter 1: Skills

Chapter 2: Character

Chapter 3: Career Exploration


PART TWO: Building a Good Relationship with Your Child

Chapter 4: Focus, Focus, Focus

Chapter 5: The Goldilocks Principle

Chapter 6: A Plan Is a Beautiful Thing


PART THREE: The High School Years as Career Preparation

Chapter 7: Is Your Child College Material?

Chapter 8: Get College Credits in High School

Chapter 9: The Application Process as a Career-Development Test

Chapter 10: Choosing a College Based on Career Mission


PART FOUR: Academics :The 50-50 Principle

Chapter 11: The Limits of Academic Course Work

Chapter 12: Beware of Academic Overachievement

Chapter 13: Transferring Is Like Moving to a New House

Chapter 14: Graduation: Early, On Time, Late, or Never


PART FIVE: The Other 50 Percent

Chapter 15: The College of Hard Knocks

Chapter 16: Student Activities

Chapter 17: Jobs During the Academic Year

Chapter 18: Summer Is a Time for Real-World Learning

Chapter 19: Get off Campus for at Least One Semester

Chapter 20: Look Elsewhere for Skill-Driven Courses


PART SIX: Post-College Paths

Chapter 21: Graduate School Should Not Be a Default Option

Chapter 22: Securing That First Job

Chapter 23: Succeeding in the Workplace


Index

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