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Success by Design

Fifth Edition ©2019 Gabby McCutchen; Erin Riney

Success by Design was written by NC community college ACA faculty specifically for NC community colleges. Designed for FYE, Developmental, and College Success Programs, this text serves as an excellent alternative to generic college transfer or study skills books. Currently used by 28 North...
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Success by Design by Gabby McCutchen; Erin Riney - Fifth Edition, 2019 from Macmillan Student Store

Success by Design was written by NC community college ACA faculty specifically for NC community colleges. Designed for FYE, Developmental, and College Success Programs, this text serves as an excellent alternative to generic college transfer or study skills books. Currently used by 28 North Carolina community colleges, the text has proven to be a valuable resource for many college success programs. Success by Design focuses on three major and critical themes: college culture, goal discernment, and learning strategies.

Features

Standard Features:

  • Three comprehensive units devoted to 1) college culture, 2) goal discernment, and 3) learning
    strategies.
  • Five Learning Strategies chapters include case study questions, troubleshooting pointers, content and examples tailored to NC community college students
  • North Carolina-specific career and college planning tools, including step-by-step instructions and screenshots for utilizing CFNC.org self-assessment search, and college and career planning tools
  • North Carolina-specific transfer information, including explanation of the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement, the General Education Core, the Transfer Assured Admissions Policy, three options for students to transfer to universities, and explanations of NC community college credentials
  • Perfect bound 4-color text.
     

New Features for the Fifth Edition:

  • New chapters on wellness and an orientation to higher education in North Carolina
  • Expanded reading and time-management chapters
  • Additional information on topics such as metacognition, growth mindset, and Bloom’s
    taxonomy.
  • Success by Design includes a full suite of instructor resources. If you need assistance accessing the
    Instructor’s Resource page, please contact Mark Bonaventura at mbonaventura@haydenmcneil.com.

 

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Table of Contents

Unit 1: College Culture
Chapter 1: Orientation to Higher Education
Chapter 2: The College Experience
Chapter 3: Wellness in College
Unit 2: Goal Discernment
Chapter 4: Self-Assessment
Chapter 5: Academic Goal Exploration
Chapter 6: Career Goal Exploration
Chapter 7: Goal Setting
Unit 3: Learning Strategies
Chapter 8: Time Management
Chapter 9: Reading Strategies
Chapter 10: Note-Taking Strategies
Chapter 11: Study Strategies
Chapter 12: Test-Taking Strategies
Conclusion: Putting It All Together
Index
About the Authors

Gabby McCutchen

Gabby McCutchen is Dean for the Student Engagement and Transitions department at Durham Technical Community College. She led the curriculum development for ACA 085, ACA 111, and ACA 122 at Durham Tech. She has taught over 120 sections of ACA 111 and ACA 122 since 2006, and has trained over 150 college faculty and staff to teach ACA. She was a 2013 Semifinalist for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars, an award granted by the National Resource Center for First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
 

Erin Riney

Erin Riney has been teaching ACA at Durham Technical Community College since 2009. She has also taught Developmental English and Reading and advised transfer students. Erin serves as the Director of the Center for College and Community Service at the college, directing campus-wide community engagement efforts. Previously she taught at four-year and two-year colleges and worked for over a decade as a private tutor, including eight years spent tutoring thousands of SAT, ACT, and MCAT students for a leading test prep company.

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