Originally published: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005.

Transitions, expectations, and the journey ahead -- From college to corporate culture, you're a freshman again! -- Coming of age, young adult development -- Cognitive development during and after college, what you should know about knowing -- Intelligence revisited, what it really means to be smart -- Motivation and learning, principles that work when you do -- Relationships, at home, at work, in the community -- Working to your heart's content -- Looking back and moving forward.

The goals of this book are to inform undergraduates about personal and professional issues of transition they will encounter after college, provide a conceptual anchor for understanding and interpreting transition issues, and recommend courses of action during the junior and senior years that facilitate transition to life and workplace. [The authors] wrote this book for undergraduate juniors and seniors enrolled in career planning, capstone, and internship courses, as well as those independent learners who read it on their own times; and teachers, supervisors, career counselors, and student affairs professionals who recognize the importance of helping students hurtle across the ... space between college and the reality of their careers and lives. -Pref.