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Writing in College

From Competence to Excellence
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Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence is designed for students who have largely mastered the conventions of high-school level writing and are now rising to meet more the advanced expectations of college. Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to think of themselves as full, self-motivated members of the academic community. With concise explanations, clear multi-disciplinary examples and empathy for the challenges of student life, this short textbook both explains the purposes behind college-level writing and offers indispensable advice for organization and expression.

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Amy Guptill
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Open SUNY Textbooks
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January 19, 2016
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Undergraduate
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Brenda Koller, College of New Caledonia
Based on my own experiences with teaching first-year college students including many international students, I don't recommend this book for first-year college students unless they have a SOLID background in academic writing from high scho...„
Reviewed on 6/24/2022
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JIM HU, Thompson Rivers University
I recommend this text as a supplemental writing manual. Updates might be considered in view of the 7th edition of APA„
Reviewed on 6/17/2020
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Kimberley Nowitsky, Langara College
I would recommend this textbook as the content is easily digestible and user-friendly from a teaching perspective. „
Reviewed on 1/8/2020

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