How to Succeed in College and Beyond - by Daniel R Schwarz (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

How to Succeed in College and Beyond is an insightful, inspired guide to the undergraduate experience that helps students balance the joy of learning with the necessity of career preparation.

• Features a wealth of advice for getting the most from an undergraduate education, especially inthe areas of arts and humanities, written by an experienced educator and mentor
• Covers the entire undergraduate experience, from high school preparation, applications, financial aid, each undergraduate year from freshman to senior, junior year abroad course selection, and extra-curricular activities, to independent study, honors essays, graduate school, dissertations, and career searches
• Discusses the benefits of pursuing an arts and humanities degree including how to write effectively, speak articulately, and think critically and discusses how to balance the joy and practicality of education in terms of getting vocationally-focused qualifications.
• Packed with information that is as helpful to students as it is to their parents, teachers, and advisors, this guide is a indispensible resource for prospective and present undergraduates

From the Back Cover

How to Succeed in College and Beyond is an invaluable guide to the undergraduate experience that helps students balance the joy of learning with the necessity of career preparation.

This insightful and thoughtful book, written by an award-winning educator and mentor with almost 50 years of experience in the classroom, gives an impassioned argument for the importance and relevance of an arts and humanities education, but does not neglect the students who choose other fields, including social sciences and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

While featuring a wealth of advice for getting the most out of a college education, Schwarz takes prospective and current students, as well as parents, on the journey that begins with high school preparation, application, acceptance, and financial aid, through graduation and beyond. He offers specific advice for each undergraduate year in order to maximize the potential of the college experience. The book helps students navigate key issues, such as time management, course selection, extra-curricular activities, the Greek system, study abroad programs, junior year abroad, independent study and honors work, how to best use summers, strategies for getting excellent recommendations, graduate school preparation, career searches, and job interviews. It also offers suggestions for parents whose children are in college.

In a world that tends to place a greater value on more vocationally focused majors, Schwarz emphasizes the benefits of the arts and humanities and the importance of learning how to write effectively, speak articulately, and think critically - skills that allow students to succeed no matter what their career choice. Packed with information, this guide is an indispensable resource for prospective and present undergraduates and their parents, teachers, and advisors.

About the Author

Daniel R. Schwarz is Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He is a highly-regarded, author, a master teacher, an influential literary critic, and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post on Higher Education. His recent books include Reading the European Novel to 1900 (2014), Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times, 1999-2009 (2012, 2014), and In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century (2008), both published by Wiley Blackwell.