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"""A text is helpful when it is clear, concise, engaging, relevant--Focus on College Success is all that and more. We are introduced to students and have an opportunity to 'get to know them' through the text. The annotations in the instructor's edition are lifesavers. Text activities are meaningful, and not just busy work. Videos are informational and entertaining. Focus is the ultimate FYE course package."" ""My favorite part of the book is the challenge cases. They cover so many issues and every student can relate to at least a portion of every case study. In addition, they are realistic and presented in a realistic and presented in a realistic manner. The questions at the end of the challenge case cause the students to think about responses and situations they probably would not discuss. In addition, it is a great group exercise to have the students respond to the questions in groups."""

A text is helpful when it is clear, concise, engaging, relevant--Focus on College Success is all that and more. We are introduced to students and have an opportunity to 'get to know them' through the text. The annotations in the instructor's edition are lifesavers. Text activities are meaningful, and not just busy work. Videos are informational and entertaining. Focus is the ultimate FYE course package.

A text is helpful when it is clear, concise, engaging, relevant--Focus on College Success is all that and more. We are introduced to students and have an opportunity to 'get to know them' through the text. The annotations in the instructor's edition are lifesavers. Text activities are meaningful, and not just busy work. Videos are informational and entertaining. Focus is the ultimate FYE course package. My favorite part of the book is the challenge cases. They cover so many issues and every student can relate to at least a portion of every case study. In addition, they are realistic and presented in a realistic and presented in a realistic manner. The questions at the end of the challenge case cause the students to think about responses and situations they probably would not discuss. In addition, it is a great group exercise to have the students respond to the questions in groups.

""A text is helpful when it is clear, concise, engaging, relevant--Focus on College Success is all that and more. We are introduced to students and have an opportunity to 'get to know them' through the text. The annotations in the instructor's edition are lifesavers. Text activities are meaningful, and not just busy work. Videos are informational and entertaining. Focus is the ultimate FYE course package."" ""My favorite part of the book is the challenge cases. They cover so many issues and every student can relate to at least a portion of every case study. In addition, they are realistic and presented in a realistic and presented in a realistic manner. The questions at the end of the challenge case cause the students to think about responses and situations they probably would not discuss. In addition, it is a great group exercise to have the students respond to the questions in groups.""

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Constance Staley is a professor of communication and acting dean of the Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she directed the First-Year Seminar Program for nearly 25 years. An award-winning teacher, Dr. Staley designs and teaches online courses (Professional Presentations), hybrid courses (Communication, Training and Consulting) and face-to-face courses (Conflict Management). Her works include a faculty training package, TEACHING COLLEGE SUCCESS, as well as the groundbreaking resource manual 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LECTERN. She also is the author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE SUCCESS and the co-author of FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS with Steve Staley. A well-known name in FYE circles, Dr. Staley is a leader in faculty development nationwide. During a three-year leave from the University of Colorado, she joined an East Coast Fortune 500 company to design and deliver its management and supervisory training. In addition, she represented the university as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching in the former Soviet Union. She earned a B.S. in education, an M.A. in linguistics and a Ph.D. in communication.

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