1. Your College Experience 10 th Edition John N. Gardner Betsy O. Barefoot ©2012 Bedford/St. Martin’s ISBN-10: 0-312-60254-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60254-3

2. Paper text Your College Experience 10th Edition John N. Gardner | Betsy O. Barefoot ISBN-10: 0-312-60254-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60254-3 CourseSmart e-Book: downloadable e-Book accessible on a computer or via app on the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android devices, Kindle Fire, Nook Color, or Nook Tablet Print book e-Books (1/2 the cost of the print book) WHAT TO BUY Required Text Available Formats Bedford e-Book: web-based e- Book only accessible on a computer; interactive and customizable

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4. WHY YOU NEED IT You will have assigned homework and we will test from material found in this book. This book includes  Practical tools to use in college and in life  Models that let students see principles in action  Where to Go for Help boxes connect the text to student experiences 1. It is required for this course 2. It will help you get a better grade. Period.

5. Stay on Track exercises ask students to plan how to apply strengths to current and future work in other courses and in their careers. Assessing Your Strengths & Setting Goals boxes ask students to identify their strengths and then set goals around their own objectives for the chapter material. pg. 38 pg. 21

6. NEW! Chapter-opening profiles help students see themselves in the text. NEW! Thought-provoking images and exercises in every chapter encourage critical thinking. pg. 41 pg. 146

7. NEW! Tech Tip features in every chapter introduce essential skills—such as cyber etiquette in this example– that can span the classroom and real life. pg. 50

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