FOCUS on Community College Success by Constance Staley
Staley's FOCUS ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUCCESS, 6th edition, equips you with the tools and confidence to succeed in college and beyond -- including strategies to overcome the special challenges of juggling school, family and work. Extremely practical activities help you build the focus you need to cut through distractions, transfer to four-year colleges if desired and achieve career goals. Updated with the latest research and best career practices, it emphasizes the skills today's employers seek. It also offers tips for practicing mindfulness, coping with isolation, managing money, conducting smart research, avoiding plagiarism, developing successful learning strategies for online classes, overcoming Zoom fatigue and more. Also available: MindTap digital learning solution.
Constance Staley is a professor of communication and acting dean of the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she directed the First-Year Seminar Program for nearly 25 years. An award-winning teacher, Dr. Staley designs and teaches online courses (Professional Presentations), hybrid courses (Communication, Training and Consulting) and face-to-face courses (Conflict Management). Her works include a faculty training package, TEACHING COLLEGE SUCCESS, as well as the groundbreaking resource manual 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LECTERN. She also is the author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE SUCCESS and the co-author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS with Steve Staley. A well-known name in FYE circles, Dr. Staley is a leader in faculty development nationwide. During a three-year leave from the University of Colorado, she joined an East Coast Fortune 500 company to design and deliver its management and supervisory training. In addition, she represented the university as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching in the former Soviet Union. She earned a B.S. in education, an M.A. in linguistics and a Ph.D. in communication.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780357792025 |
| ISBN 10 | 0357792025 |
| Title | FOCUS on Community College Success |
| Author | Constance Staley |
| Series | Mindtap Course List Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Year published | 2022-04-22 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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