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Author Higgins, Shawn M., author

Title Bridges : United States academia for first-generation and international college students / Shawn M. Higgins
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : North Broad Press, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 149 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Open textbook library
Contents 1. Accreditation and Types of Institutions -- 2. International United States College Campuses -- 3. Study Abroad in the United States -- 4. College Fairs -- 5. Outreach Services -- 6. Community Serving Colleges and Universities -- 7. College Rankings -- 8. Campus Visits -- 9. College Websites and Other Internet Resources -- 10. Applications -- 11. Common Challenges -- 12. Academic Advising -- 13. Credentials, Majors, and Requirements -- 14. Instructors and Professors -- 15. Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity -- 16. Rights and Responsibilities -- 17. More Quotes From the Field -- 18. Twenty Academic Jargon Words You Might Need to Know -- 19. Grammar for Composition Resources and Review -- 20. Academic Situations and Scripts -- 21. Pop Culture Index
Summary This text introduces students to a wide range of concepts, institutions, histories, and artifacts of United States college and university life. After discussing these items in easy-to-scan, concise, nuance-free prose, this textbook then offers useful lists, templates for writing and speaking in different discourses and situations, thought-provoking questions and activities for self-study and for classroom work, and pertinent hyperlinks for further information. Bridges is designed to help first-generation, first-year, English-language learners, and/or culturally unfamiliarized students more fully and successfully explore their educational environments. By using this book, students will be better prepared for the academic and social challenges of successfully undertaking higher education in English
Notes Attribution
In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Temple University Press, viewed December 15, 2020)
Subject College students -- United States.
First-generation college students -- United States
Students, Foreign -- United States
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission
College students
First-generation college students
Students, Foreign
Universities and colleges -- Admission
United States
Genre/Form Textbooks
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439919866
1439919860
Other Titles United States academia for first-generation and international college students