Student Success

Students Can Succeed When Taking Classes at Home

I wrote earlier about succeeding in online classes, and how students can do their best using this platform. So if…

5 years ago

Succeeding in Online Courses

For a number of years now, many colleges and universities have been promoting themselves as great for adult learners or…

5 years ago

All About Midterm Grades

Midterm is literally the middle of an academic term. Student often refer to “midterms” as though they are a specific…

5 years ago

Community College is Not the 13th Grade

One of the pitfalls for first year students in college is their perceptions that college is like high school, or…

5 years ago

The Best Academic Advising Appointment

I have a number of pet peeves. One of them is about how students approach academic advising. Just as students…

5 years ago

Campus Jobs are a Good Idea

Making money in college is often a concern for college students. For one thing, they may want to go with…

5 years ago

New Start for the New Year

At the end of every academic term, students say they’re happy that term is over and they’re looking forward to…

5 years ago

Live to Fight Another Day

I‘ve written before about having students withdraw from courses if they aren’t doing well. Making a strategic retreat from courses…

5 years ago

Homesickness

Many of us receive that teary phone call from a son or daughter asking to come home. That strong and…

5 years ago

Repeating Courses: When to Get Back on That Horse

Most students will take a course or two in college that really kicks their butts. I don’t mean they fail…

5 years ago