Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success

by Nicole McDonald, Michelle Asha Cooper, Tia McNair, et al.

Book Overview

Boost student success by reversing your perspective on college readiness

The national conversation asking Are students college-ready? concentrates on numerous factors that are beyond higher education's control. Becoming a Student-Ready College flips the college readiness conversation to provide a new perspective on creating institutional value and facilitating student success. Instead of focusing on student preparedness for college...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119119510
• ISBN13: 9781119119517
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Action oriented book for administrators

If you're an administrator in Higher Ed or a faculty member who wants to push administration for change, you should read this book. The book is written mostly for administrators at the dean level or above, but I got a lot out of it as "just" a faculty member. The key premise is that there NEVER was a time in American History when all students who went to University arrived "ready," therefore, instead of yearning for golden days that never existed, we should get off our a$$ and get ready for the students we have and are going to have. The book is action oriented, full of concrete advise.