![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, up to one third of first-year college students will not return for their second year?and colleges are reporting an increase in underprepared first-year students.How to College is here to help. She draws on her 25 years of experience as a college professor, as the creator and director of American University’s first-year experience. ![]() Academic standards and expectations are different from high school families aren?t present to serve as ?scaffolding? for students and first-years have to do what they call ?adulting.? Nothing in the college admissions process prepares students for these new realities.As a result, first-year college students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. Andrea Malkin Brenner, PhD is a college transition educator and author who travels across the country to speak with high school students and parents on the challenges related to college transitions. She is co-author of How to College: What to Know Before You Go (and When. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Andrea Malkin Brenner, PhD is a college transition educator, speaker, and author. ![]() The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to collegeThe transition from high school?and home?to college can be stressful. ![]()
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