The First-generation College Experience

by Baldwin, Amy, M.A.

• ISBN13: 9780137071234
• ISBN10: 013707123X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-09
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The First Generation Experience is the only college success book written specifically to serve first generation students.It is for students who need a little extra attention and support to have a firm footing in the academic world. It is about helping those students who have felt disenfranchised, disengaged, and disappointed by the educational system to empower themselves with the knowledge and the skills necessary to imagine and realize and new future. It is also a book about change, specifically transformation. The word itself has multiple meanings in different academic disciplines, but the idea of transformation most closely applies to the intentional process by which we help students change as individuals, as scholars, and as citizens of their communities.

Author Biography

Amy Baldwin has been teaching college success, writing, and literature at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas since 1996.  Among the many hats community college faculty like Amy wear, she has also served as the professional development coordinator and co-director of the Achieving the Dream initiative. She has taught on-campus and online classes since 1999 and has presented nearly 100 workshops across the U.S. on the topics of numerous topics including student success, research writing, academic integrity, and online teaching.  She has also written for The Teaching Professor, Community College Week,and Student Health 101. Both her texts, The Community College Experience Brief 3rd edition and The Community College Experience PLUS 2nd edition, are published by Pearson. Amy received her B.A. in English Literature from Rhodes College and her M.A. in English Literature from Washington University. She is currently working on her doctorate in higher education, with a focus on student retention.  Amy lives with her husband and two children in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Preface to First Success

Introduction to Faculty

Introduction to Students

Finances First

 

Part I: Moving In

Chapter 1: You First

Chapter 2: Your College

Chapter 3: Relationships

Chapter 4: Time and Energy

 

Part II: Moving Through

Chapter 5: Learning, Thinking, and Memory

Chapter 6: Reading

Chapter 7: Listening and Note-taking

Chapter 8: Writing, Researching, and Presenting

Chapter 9: Studying and Tests

 

Part III: Moving On

Chapter 10: Stress and Health

Chapter 11: Next Semester

Chapter 12: A Career and a Life

 

Appendix A: VARK Inventory

Glossary

Index