Foundations A Reader for New College Students (with InfoTrac)

by Gordon, Virginia N.; Minnick, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9780534621674
• ISBN10: 0534621678
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-06
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Focusing on the issues most relevant to the understanding of succeeding in college, this reader includes several essays and articles on each topic, giving students the chance to consider a number of different perspectives. Gordon and Minnick include personal essays, research-based articles, and other insightful ways of looking at the total college experience. Questions and journal activities accompany the readings to encourage class discussion and personal reflection.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
How to Keep a Journal	xvi
UNIT 1 The Value of a College Education: Why Am I in College?	1	(26)
The Lure of Learning	3	(4)
William J. Bennett
A New Debate Is Joined over an Old Question: Is College an Investment or an End in Itself?	7	(4)
James Cicarelli
An Uncluttered Perspective: The True, the Beautiful, and the Good	11	(5)
Howard Gardner
The Rise of the American University	16	(11)
Frank H. T. Rhodes
Unit Summary	25	(2)
UNIT 2 What Can I Expect from College and How Will I Change?	27	(28)
The Developing College Student	29	(6)
Virginia N. Gordon
Freshmen Can Be Taught to Think Creatively, Not Just Amass Information	35	(4)
David C. Finster
Trouble with Parents	39	(5)
Inge Bell
Loneliness	44	(3)
Barbara M. Newman
Phillip R. Newman
Tips on Becoming Personally Effective	47	(8)
Susan Jones Sears
Unit Summary	53	(2)
UNIT 3 How Can I Succeed Academically?	55	(42)
Major Decisions	57	(8)
James Tunstead Burtchaell
College Major Doesn't Mean All That Much	65	(3)
William Raspberry
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Electives	68	(7)
Thomas L. Minnick
The Right Stuff: Research Strategies for the Internet Age	75	(7)
Nancy O'Hanlon
Please! It's Only Seven Minutes Late, Professor	82	(4)
Joel J. Gold
Why I Don't Let Students Cut My Classes	86	(4)
William R. Brown
Passive Versus Active Studying	90	(7)
Jason Rich
Unit Summary	95	(2)
UNIT 4 How Should I Expect to Learn?	97	(36)
Understanding Who Is Smart	99	(7)
Jennifer James
Learning Styles: They Can Help or Hinder	106	(7)
Al Siebert
Bernadine Gilpin
Service Learning: Education Through Experience	113	(5)
Keith F. Luscher
Distance Learning	118	(5)
Michael P. Governati
George Steele
Kate M. Carey
Distance Education	123	(3)
Michael L. Dertouzos
Are We Going to Get Smarter?	126	(7)
Roger C. Schank
Unit Summary	132	(1)
UNIT 5 What About Technology?	133	(32)
The Challenge of Technology	135	(4)
A. W. Bates
Gary Poole
Virtual Legality: An Overview of Your Rights and Responsibilities in Cyberspace	139	(7)
Steven J. McDonald
The Connected Library	146	(6)
Clifford Stoll
Technology Eliminating Conversation	152	(3)
Ellen Goodman
Human-Centric Issues in the Information Marketplace	155	(10)
Michael L. Dertouzos
Unit Summary	163	(2)
UNIT 6 What Are My Rights and Responsibilities as a Student?	165	(20)
On Academic Freedom	167	(5)
William H. Halverson
James R. Carter
The New Immorality	172	(3)
Joseph Wood Krutch
Ideas as Property	175	(5)
Thomas L. Minnick
Please Stop This Talk About Values	180	(5)
George F. Will
Unit Summary	183	(2)
UNIT 7 What Is Diversity and Why Is It Important to Me?	185	(48)
Learning from Differences	188	(10)
Richard J. Light
How Discrimination Works and Why It Matters: Five Personal Statements	198	(23)
Getting to Know About You and Me	198	(3)
Chana Schoenberger
What Could I Know of Racism?	201	(6)
Joy E. Weeber
The Face of Racism	207	(4)
Edward A. Delgado-Romero
Personal Narrative of an Asian American's Experience with Racism	211	(4)
Donna M. Talbot
Pain and Perseverance: Perspectives from an Ally	215	(6)
Lisa J. Brandyberry
I Have a Dream	221	(5)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Affirmative Action and Multiculturalism	226	(7)
David Bruce Ingram
Jennifer A. Parks
Unit Summary	231	(2)
UNIT 8 What Should I Know About Careers?	233	(30)
Doing the Work You Love	235	(4)
Laurence G. Boldt
How to Get There from Here	239	(5)
Nicholas Lore
Job Search: Chance or Plan?	244	(7)
Mark R. Ballard
Postgraduate Paralysis	251	(3)
Mary Sherry
Career Patterns for the 21st Century	254	(9)
Peggy Simonsen
Unit Summary	262	(1)
UNIT 9 Life After College: Future Success or Future Shock?	263	(21)
Having a Degree and Being Educated	265	(5)
Edmund D. Pellegrino
A Time of Discontinuity	270	(5)
Arthur Levine
Jeanette S. Cureton
The Next Great Generation	275	(5)
Neil Howe
William Strauss
To the Graduates	280	(4)
Christopher Reeve
Unit Summary	283	(1)
Author Index	284	(3)
Subject Index	287