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Additional Resources |
Student and Instructor Resources |
We’ve compiled additional resources for both students and instructors, including Getting Started Guides, |
lecture slides, and a Test Bank. |
The most robust of these is the Instructor Resource Manual, developed by author Amy Baldwin based on |
extensive experience and requests from faculty reviewers and survey respondents. For each chapter, the IRM |
will contain: |
• Detailed teaching suggestions |
• Bloom’s Taxonomy matrix, indicating the alignment of each chapter activity and application to the level of |
Bloom’s it fulfills. |
• Overarching “big picture” questions from the chapter |
• Topical and cumulative case scenario activities, which present a realistic situation based on the concepts, |
and ask students to respond via writing or another method. These may be adapted and assigned by |
instructors. |
Instructor resources require a verified instructor account, which you can apply for when you log in or create |
your account onOpenStax.org. Instructor and student resources are typically available within a few months |
after the book’s initial publication. Take advantage of these resources to supplement your OpenStax book. |
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most relevant to your teaching and research as an opportunity both to enrich your courses and to engage with |
other faculty. |
To reach the Community Hubs, visit www.oercommons.org/hubs/OpenStax. |
Technology Partners |
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About the Authors |
Senior Contributing Author |
Amy Baldwin, University of Central Arkansas |
Amy Baldwin has dedicated her entire career to supporting students in their successful transition to college. |
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Preface |
She wrote the first, groundbreaking student success textbook for community colleges and for first-generation |
students. After 18 years as an award winning community college professor, she now serves as Director of the |
Department of Student Transitions at the University of Central Arkansas. This unique blend of experience |
provides perspective on two critical student and faculty populations, which she has brought to this book and |
her extensive work with Complete College America, Achieving the Dream, and the Developmental Education |
Initiative. |
Amy and her husband Kyle live in Arkansas and have two children, Emily and Will. |
Contributing Authors |
Lisa August, Canisius College |
James Bennett, Herzing University |
Larry Buland, Metropolitan Community College |
Sabrina Mathues, Brookdale Community College |
Susan Monroe, Northern Virginia Community College |
MJ O’Leary, Wellness Multiplied |
Ann Pearson, San Jacinto College |
Joshua Troesh, El Camino College |
Margit Misangyi Watts, University of Hawai’i at Manoa |
Reviewers |
Nagash Clarke, Washtenaw Community College |
Laura Crisp, Pellissippi State Community College |
Abbie Finnegan, Des Moines Area Community College |
Kim Fragopoulos, University of Massachusetts-Boston |
Maria Galyon, Jefferson Community & Technical College |
Kimberly A. Griffith, Bristol Community College |
Anna Howell, Portland Community College |
Sarah Howard, The Ohio State University |
Stacy L. Hurley, Baltimore County Community College |
Dawn Lee, Charleston Southern University |
Gail Malone, South Plains College |
Kim Martin, Chemeketa Community College |
Sherri Powell, Shawnee State University |
Bobby E. Roberts, Jr., Savannah State University |
Laila M. Shishineh, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Shavecca M. Snead, Albany State University |
Jason Smethers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Angela C. Thering, SUNY Buffalo State |
Antione D. Tomlin, Anne Arundel Community College |
Jessica Traylor, Gordon State College |
Makeda K. Turner, University of Michigan |
Dave Urso, Blue Ridge Community College |
Margit Misangyi Watts, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Ann Wolf, New Mexico Highlands University |
Access for free at openstax.org |
1 • Introduction |
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Exploring College |
Figure 1.1 |
Chapter Outline |
1.1 Why College? |
1.2 The First Year of College Will Be an Experience |
Subsets and Splits