Strategic Learning: Dartmouth College Shows You How

by Chance Brown on August 29, 2010

Dartmouth College has developed a video entitled “Strategic Learning”.  This video gives you a step-by-step process to ensure your academic success.

Below is a mindmap highlighting the key components of the Strategic Learning process:

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I highly recommend you watch the Strategic Learning video and adopt this approach to your studies.  It will make all the difference.

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A Mindmap for College Freshmen: Ensuring Your Success

by Chance Brown on August 23, 2010

As college freshmen from all over the country prepare for their first year of college, their ultimate goal is to graduate 4 years from now with a degree in hand.

Toni Krasnic, author of “Concise Learning: Learn More & Score Higher in Less Time with Less Effort, recently created a mindmap  to help college freshmen excel and graduate.

The mindmap covers 5 key areas essential to success in college and life.  These areas include:

  1. Accepting personal responsibility for your learning and success
  2. Re-examining everything
  3. Setting goals and pursuing them
  4. Committing to lifelong learning and growth
  5. Discovering and following your passion

In addition to detailed information on each area, the mindmap also includes motivational quotes for inspiration.  Read and absorb the contents of this map for it contains key strategies for ensuring your success.

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Concise Learning: An Effective Study Strategy

August 17, 2010

There is a new book out entitled “Concise Learning: Learn More & Score Higher in Less Time with Less Effort” by Toni Krasnic.  Simply put this is a transformational book.  It teaches a methodology which has the potential of transforming the way students learn (i.e. all students – those in school and life-long learners). The [...]

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President Obama: “Education is THE economic issue”

August 11, 2010

Recently, during a speech at the University of Texas, Austin, President Obama outlined his Administration’s strategy to make the United States once again the leader in education. The President made his views very clear during the speech, stating: “Education is the economic issue of our time. It’s an economic issue when the unemployment rate for [...]

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Everyone Graduates Center: Ensuring High School Students Graduate

August 6, 2010

Before you can graduate from college you have to graduate from high school. There is an organization squarely focused on the issue of high school graduation. It is called the Everyone Graduates Center (EGC). The mission of the Everyone Graduates Center is to develop and disseminate the know-how required to enable all students to graduate [...]

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An Important Video: We Must Believe in Our Students

August 3, 2010

I saw a video the other day that was very inspirational.  Underlying all the discussion about student potential and academic success, is a simple yet powerful question: Do you believe that all students can excel and graduate?  This is fundamental to any effort to improve our educational system. Though the focus of this blog is [...]

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Guest Post: One Graduate’s Lessons on Making it Through in One Piece (Part 3)

August 2, 2010

Know the Score If you are in the position to take responsibility when it comes to paying for your education, then when it comes to your financial standing, you can never be too aware of what is taking place.  Every day, especially in the recent economic climate, your federal and/or private student loans may be [...]

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Guest Post: One Graduate’s Lessons on Making it Through in One Piece (Part 2)

July 30, 2010

Do the Work Once you’ve decided on a major, you have to be committed to succeed along that road.  There will be many challenges along the way, but the simplest choice you can make on a daily basis to combat those obstacles is to WAKE UP and go to class.  I’ve known many intelligent people [...]

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Guest Post: One Graduate’s Lessons on Making it Through in One Piece (Part 1)

July 28, 2010

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France The following are several lessons that I have found to be valuable, originating from my undergraduate experience. You will undoubtedly find your own way to navigate through the various landscapes that compose higher education, [...]

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The Value of a College Education, Our Ranking, and What to Do About It

July 19, 2010

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does an excellent job explaining the value of a college education.  In a Post-Secondary Success Fact Sheet , they write: For generations of Americans, a high school diploma delivered on the value of an education. It meant a steady job to support your family and a chance to launch a career. But [...]

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