Recommended Readings

Learning Objectives:
 

LO 9-1: Identify the social and emotional skills needed to participate in a school environment.

LO 9-2: Identify individual and environmental factors that contribute to school success.

LO 9-3: Discuss college success factors, challenges, and strategies.

LO 9-4: Describe methods and advantages of mentoring in the context of school.

 

Learning Objective: 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, and 9-4

Scheele, A. M. (2005). Launch your career in college: Strategies for students, educators, and parents. Westport, Conn: Praeger Publishers.
Description: This book provides practical advice for adjusting to college, including finding a mentor and building that relationship.

 

Learning Objective: 9-3

Ward, L., Siegel, M. J., Davenport, Z., & Gardner, J. (2012). First-generation college students: Understanding and improving the experience from recruitment to commencement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Description: This book explains the unique challenges that first-generation college students face, and ways to support their adjustment and success.

 

Articles that should be Available via Your Library

Learning Objective: 9-2 and 9-3

Mattanah, J. F., Lopez, F. G., & Govern, J. M. (2011). The contributions of parental attachment bonds to college student development and adjustment: A meta-analytic review. Journal Of Counseling Psychology, 58(4), 565-596. doi:10.1037/a0024635
Description: This meta-analytic study presents findings of the importance of parent-child bonds on various indicators of adjustment to college.

 

Learning Objective: 9-4

McCoy, D. L., Winkle-Wagner, R., & Luedke, C. L. (2015). Colorblind mentoring? Exploring white faculty mentoring of students of color. Journal Of Diversity In Higher Education, 8(4), 225-242. doi:10.1037/a0038676
Description: This article explains the “color blind” method of mentoring and how it often fails to support students and the implications of this failure.