Expanded coverage of technology and online learning.
- A new section on technology has been added to Chapter One to insure students are starting the semester off with the technology skills they need to succeed.
- A comprehensive technology chapter (Chapter 3) now appears earlier in response to reviewer requests. A new section on Social Media addresses using tools like Facebook and Twitter in learning while avoiding distractions and dangers.
- Try It! exercises throughout the book have been revised to focus on using technology in learning.
A checklist for success at the beginning of the text provides a list of 20 essential items students should do right away to get their college career off to a great start.
A new section on goal-setting in Chapter One gets students thinking about how to succeed right from the start of the course.
A focus on self-assessment of strengths and goal setting helps students engage in the course material. Each chapter opens with a quiz that asks students to assess their strengths and set goals around their own objectives for the chapter material.
Revised profiles help students see themselves in the text. Each chapter of the text opens with a story of a first-year student who has used the strategies in the chapter to succeed in college.
Coverage of economic diversity. A new section in the Diversity Chapter examines economic diversity and its considerable impact on college campuses.