Key
for Success: Check out these links and PowerPoint presentations and browse information on skills that
will help you succeed in college .
Assertiveness
~ Budgeting ~ Career Planning ~ Computer
Use for Beginners ~ Diversity
~ Eating Disorders
International
Student Issues ~ Juggling
Roles ~ Math ~ Memory ~ Note
Taking ~ Parenting
Relationships ~ Study Skills ~ Self-Esteem ~ Stress Management
Test
Anxiety ~ Test Taking ~
Time
Management ~ Transfer Planning ~ Wellness
~ Writing
Assertiveness
Helpful
Hints for Assertive Behavior
http://www2.hsc.edu/counseling/selfhelp/assert.html
Assertive
Communication
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eucs/asertcom.html
Budgeting
American Education Services Program, called The Common
Cents Tour is designed to teach students how to manage their money.
http://www.youcandealwithit.com
Manage Your Money Study at Home Course
http://ohioline.osu.edu/mym/index.html
Money Problems - CampusBlues.com
http://www.campusblues.com/moneyprob.asp
Career
Planning
PowerPoint
Presentations:
Interests
and Personality
Resources
for Exploring the World of Work
Networking
and Informational Interviewing
Decision
Making
Planning
Computer
Use for Beginners
All
About the World Wide Web
http://www.imaginarylandscape.com/helpweb/www/www.html
Computer Classes for Beginners
Diversity
Master
Student PowerPoint Presentation
On the Importance of Diversity in Higher
Education
http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/diversity.html
Eating Disorders
National Eating Disorders
Association. Includes warning signs, types of eating disorders, and how to
help the person with an eating disorder.
http://www.kidsource.com/nedo/warning.html
Eating Disorders Information
(Montana Technology of University of Montana).
Includes definitions,
who is at risk, health risks, how to help, and resources.
http://www.mtech.edu/student_life/counseling/eatingdisorder.htm
International
Student Issues
What is culture shock? What
are the symptoms? Stages. How to fight it.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CGuanipa/cultshok.htm
Adjustment issues:
international students
http://www.campusblues.com/international_students.asp
Cultural adjustment, and
coping with culture shock
http://www.culturalorientation.net/welcome/a14CULT.HTM
Cultural filters, adjustment
tips, a successful experience
http://www.pct.edu/international/cultural.htm
International Student
Organization – Information on health insurance, newsletter for international
students
www.isoa.org
Offers language specialty
dictionaries, language identifiers, and links to other language sites
www.yourdictionary.com
Juggling Roles
Balancing School and Work.
Real World University
http://www.rwuniversity.com/articles.cfm?id=46&action=show
Home organizing and time
management tips for busy people
http://organizedtimes.com/
How Women Cope with Time
Demands
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5163.html
Working
Mom’s Refuge – The Art of Juggling
http://www.momsrefuge.com/juggling/index.html
Math
Professor Friedman’s Math
Help- Basic Math and Algebra Help for the Community College Adult Learner
http://www.mathpower.com
Free resource for math
review from algebra to differential equations
http://www.sosmath.com/
Math reference tables,
resources, etc.
http://www.math2.org
Memory
The Memory Page - how to
improve memory & techniques for memorization
http://www.thememorypage.net
Memory Tips
Note Taking
Taking Notes from Lectures
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/ss_notetaking.html
Notebook Organization and
Note Taking
Parenting
Ten Keys to Successful Parenting
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_001.html
Dealing With Power Struggles
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_003.html
What is Normal Development?
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_011.html
Relationships
Master
Student PowerPoint Presentation
Making the Most of Your Marriage
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5220.html
Resolving Conflict Constructively and
Respectfully
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5196.html
Self-Esteem
How
Does a Lack of Self-Confidence Develop? How
to Improve Self-Confidence.
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/self-con.shtml
Better Self-Esteem
http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/booklets/selfesteem/selfest.html
Stress
Management
Stress Management
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stressmanagement.shtml
What is stress? Relaxation Techniques. Stress
Management Techniques.
Study Skills
Study Skills
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
How to Get an A Plus, and
Never Worry About Your GPA Again
http://www.back2college.com/aplus.htm
SQ3R A Reading/Study Method
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html
Test Anxiety
Reducing or Controlling Test Anxiety
Test Taking
Test Taking Strategies
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/test_take.html
Tips for
Better Test Taking
http://www.studygs.net/tsttak1.htm
Time Management
Planning Tool (Microsoft Excel file)
Time and Stress Management
http://www.back2college.com/control.htm
Time Scheduling
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesch.html
Time Management Principals
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/time_man_princ.html
Transfer
Planning
CollegeSource
http://www.collegesource.org/
Course Applicability System
http://osu.transfer.org/
ASC190 Workbook
http://global.cscc.edu/engl/190/wkbkintro.htm
Wellness
The Wellness Factor
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5197.html
Nutrition and Your Health
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2000/document/frontcover.htm
American Heart Association - Healthy Lifestyle
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200009
Writing
The Write Place Catalogue includes resources
for research papers, citing sources, grammar, punctuation, etc.
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
CSCC Writing Center
(includes online tutorials on APA style, MLA format, overview of
punctuation, etc.)
http://www.cscc.edu/comm/wc.htm
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