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University College

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University College

This is a collection of openly licensed or free textbooks and materials that can be used to enhance teaching and learning. This page highlights some of the Open Educational Resources (OER) available, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. If you would like to learn more about OER please visit the Library's Textbook Affordability Project website.

Textbooks

Blueprint for Success in College and Career A free, Open Educational Resource, Blueprint for Success in College and Career is a students' guide for classroom and career success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation focuses on study skills, time management, career exploration, health, and financial literacy. The Blueprint for Success series comprises three books for the College Success and FYE (First-Year Experience) genre. The central text, Blueprint for Success in College and Career, is designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation. In addition, targeted sections on Study Skills and Time Management, and Career and Decision Making are available separately as Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills (https://press.rebus.community/blueprint1/) and Time Management Strategies, and Blueprint for Success in Career Decision Making (https://press.rebus.community/blueprint3/).
College Success (OpenStax) OpenStax College Success is a comprehensive and contemporary resource that serves First Year Experience, Student Success, and College Transition courses. Developed with the support of hundreds of faculty and coordinators, the book addresses the evolving challenges and opportunities of today’s diverse students. Engagement, self-analysis, personal responsibility, and student support are reflected throughout the material. College Success also includes an array of student surveys and opinion polls, and OpenStax will regularly provide the results to adopting faculty.
College Success (UMLP) College Success has a student-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in college. This is not a textbook full of theory and extensive detail that merely discusses student success; rather, this is a how-to manual for succeeding in college. The book provides realistic, practical guidance ranging from study skills to personal health, from test taking to managing time and money. Furthermore, College Success is accessible—information is presented concisely and as simply as possible.
College Success Strategies Overview: This book addresses academic and interpersonal skills for student success in college. It is written for students at the College of DuPage.

Resources

EdX - College Success Freely available video education courses in a number of different fields including College Success. These resources are created by universities affiliated with EdX.
OER Commons - College Success Open repository that has materials in a number of different formats dealing with college success and 1st year experience.

Media

CrashCourse - College Success CrashCourse is an educational YouTube channel started by John and Hank Green in 2012. This curated YouTube search covers a number of topics related to criminal justice.
TEDEd - College Success Created by Technology, Entertainment and Design or TED this curated selection of videos covers a large number of subjects in College Success.