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The Community College Experience, Brief Edition, 2/E
Amy Baldwin, Pulaski Technical College

ISBN-10: 0131959204
ISBN-13: 9780131959200

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 288 pp
Published: 12/28/2007

Suggested retail price: $34.00
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For Freshman Orientation, Introduction to College, College Survival, and College Seminar courses.

 

The only book on the market written with the first-time community college student in mind, this text provides basic information as well as encouragement for the non-traditional student—it shows that going to college and balancing work and family can be accomplished. It covers a range of topics, examining the reasons for attending college, how to study effectively, and life after community college. Each chapter explores a major “college survival” topic in depth and provides a wealth of information for anyone who has stepped onto campus for the first time.  This new edition streamlines the chapters and provides a more logical treatment of topics in the sequence in which students experience them their first semester in college. The very important issue of time management is integrated throughout the book so that students can discover different ways of staying on task. This new edition also provides more information about completing assignments effectively and managing health issues.

  • Easy-to-read, straightforward basic information–Covers specific college survival topics with honesty and clarity.

    • Helps students understand the college's culture and function.

  • Community College Student Profile–Included at the beginning of every chapter.

    • Allows students to see themselves in these profiles, enhancing their learning experience, showing them how to cope with pressure and succeeding.

  • An emphasis on integrity –Includes highlighted textboxes that emphasize both academic and personal integrity.

    • Shows students how integrity is essential to their education and their lives.

  • “From College to University” section at the end of each chapter.

    • Enables students to see how circumstances will change if they transfer to a four-year university.

  • “From College to Career” section at the end of each chapter.

    • Enables students to envision their future careers and the impact education will have on them.

  • “Research It Further Ideas” at the end of each section in the book.

    • Gives students the opportunity to further explore ideas that interest them.

  • Comprehensive appendices–Includes an important section on taking online classes, a growing trend at community colleges.

    • Enables students to know whether or not online classes are right for them.

NEW!  Updated Community College Student Profile at the beginning of each chapter.

  • Allows students to see themselves in the profiles and appreciate the diversity of the community college student (pgs. 3, 31, 203)

NEW!  Time Management Information and Exercises.

  • Integrated in each chapter so that students can see how time management applies to each topic of student success.  Exercises allow students to stop, reflect, and think critically about how they spend their time and what they can do to manage it more effectively (pgs. 9, 87, 125).

NEW!  Critical Thinking Exercises.

  • Allows students to think through a common college situation and discover the different ways that they can approach the issue and choose an effective solution (pgs. 66, 179, 220).

NEW!  Relating to Others Exercises (formerly Collaboration Exercises).                                                                    

  • Allows for interaction between classmates to share and explore ideas and concepts from the chapters (pgs. 35, 96, 165).

NEW!  Reflection Exercises.

  • Allows student think about how the information, concepts, and success topics relate to them and what experience they have had with succeeding in the community college (pgs. 16, 45, 172).

NEW!  Updated Topic coverage.

  • Streamlines the chapters and provides a more logical treatment of topics in the sequence in which students experience them their first semester in college.
  • The very important issue of time management is integrated throughout the book so that students can discover different ways of staying on task.
  • Also provides more information about completing assignments effectively and managing health issues.

NEW! Additional Instructor Resources available with this edition.

  • Instructor’s Manual An instructor’s manual  that contains a variety of classroom activities and strategies will accompany the text when instructors adopt it. Includes an overview of each chapter, discussion questions, suggested readings (for both the instructor and the student), interactive assignments and activities that meet the needs of different learning styles, and test questions.
  • The Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/baldwin) offers students access to quizzes, supplemental websites, and chapter overviews. Instructors have access to PowerPoint slides and a test bank. Students and instructors have on-the-spot access to material that will help them with the concepts in the book. For students, they can test their comprehension of the chapter content and can explore further the topics through the weblinks. For instructors, they have ready-made handouts and assessments for their classes.
  • Course Management options include CourseCompass, Blackboard, and WebCT platforms.  Available at www.prenhall.com/onekey and at www.pearsonhighered.com via the Instructor Resource Center.

I. ACCLIMATING AND RELATING.

 1. Understanding College Culture and Your Campus 
 2. Understanding Yourself and How Your Learn
 3. Understanding Others in College and Diversity

II. LEARNING

 4. Reading, Listening, and Note-Taking Skills
 5. Writing and Presenting College Assignments 
 6. Studying and Taking Tests 
 7. Creative, Analytical, and Critical Thinking

III. PLANNING

       8. Handling Stress and Making Healthy Choices

       9. Planning for Next Semester

     10. Preparing for a Career and a Life

 

APPENDIX A:  Glossary

 

APPENDIX B:  Taking an Online Course

 

INDEX

    For Freshman Orientation, Introduction to College, College Survival, and College Seminar courses.

    The only book on the market written with the first-time community college student in mind, this text provides basic information as well as encouragement for the non-traditional student—it shows that going to college and balancing work and family can be accomplished. It covers a range of topics, examining the reasons for attending college, how to study effectively, and life after community college. Each chapter explores a major “college survival” topic in depth and provides a wealth of information for anyone who has stepped onto campus for the first time.

  • 0131172972The Community College Experience
    Baldwin
    © 2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 240 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131172972 | ISBN-13: 9780131172975
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“I like the fact that this text is written with the community college student in mind.  Other texts seem to ignore how different the freshman year experience is at the community college as compared to a traditional residential university.  I also like the practical counsel offered in various sections of each chapter.  These are very real, very honest and extremely engaging to the intended audience.”

--Larry Saffioti, Tidewater Community College

 

“I found the information in the text to be very easy to read and practical which always makes these topics more meaningful to students.  The use of profiles and critical thinking exercises allows students to be able to apply themselves to a given situation and think about how to handle it the best way possible…It is one thing to start college but it is another to know why you are even doing it and I believe this is a strength of the text.”

--James Mendoza, Tacoma Community College 

Amy Baldwin, M.A., is a Distance Education Coordinator at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  She has taught on-campus and online composition and literature classes and has presented on the topics of plagiarism, distance education, and college publications at regional and state conferences.  Her first textbook, The Community College Experience, was published by Prentice Hall in July 2004; her second textbook, The Community College Experience PLUS, followed in January 2006.

In a text all their own, community college students have a guide to success in The Community College Experience, Second Edition.  In an honest, straightforward, and encouraging voice, Baldwin provides community college students practical practical exercises that address their greatest needs, including time management, critical thinking and academic integrity.

 

Each chapter broadly explores college survival topics, a must-have resource for any student stepping onto campus for the first time.  This book is essential reading for community college students, tackling issues that they need to help them understand the culture and function of college.

                                       

Features include:

  • NEW!  Time Management Information and Exercises--Integrated into each chapter, students can learn how time management applies to each topic of student success.  Exercises allow students to stop, reflect, and think critically about how they spend their time and what they can do to manage it more effectively.
  • Critical Thinking Exercises--Allow students to think through questions common to any college experience and discover effective solutions.
  • Integrity Matters--In each chapter, this feature explores both personal and academic integrity, teaching students how these are essential to education and to life.

“I like the fact that this text is written with the community college student in mind.  Other texts seem to ignore how different the freshman year experience is at the community college as compared to a traditional residential university.  I also like the practical counsel offered in various sections of each chapter.  These are very real, very honest and extremely engaging to the intended audience.” Larry Saffioti, Tidewater Community College

 

“I found the information in the text to be very easy to read and practical which always makes these topics more meaningful to students.  The use of profiles and critical thinking exercises allows students to be able to apply themselves to a given situation and think about how to handle it the best way possible…It is one thing to start college but it is another to know why you are even doing it and I believe this is a strength of the text.” James Mendoza, Tacoma Community College 

 

Additional Support — in and out of the classroom…

 

The Community College Experience, Second Edition has its own Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/baldwin) designed to help students review the text material.  Instructors will be pleased to know this book offers an instructor’s manual and test bank, computerized test bank, PowerPoint slides, and course management.  In addition, the Student Success Supersite (www.prenhall.com/success) provides both students and faculty with an array of resources. 

View a Sample Chapter PDF: /samplechapter/0131959204.pdf

 

Amy Baldwin

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    Baldwin
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