About This Textbook
Blueprint for Success in College and Career is a students’ guide for classroom and career success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation, focuses on :
- study skills
- time management
- career exploration
- health
- financial literacy
This book is a remix of four previously existing OER (Open Educational Resources):
- A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students by Alise Lamoreaux
- How to Learn Like a Pro! by Phyllis Nissila
- Foundations of Academic Success: Words of Wisdom, edited by Thomas Priester
- College Success, provided by Lumen Learning
- and one previously copyrighted textbook with content that is now openly licensed: Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies by Dave Dillon.
Author
Dave Dillon
Publisher
Rebus Community
Publish Date
2018
Level
Undergraduate
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Claudius Soodeen, University of Winnipeg
I wouldn't use this text as a standalone resource. I would use bits and pieces as necessary and applicable. I think students would be confused by the change in tone (impersonal/personal) and those who would learn better with explanatory visuals would be disad„