Bain, Ken,

What the best college students do / Ken Bain. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. - 289 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The roots of success -- What makes an expert? -- Managing yourself -- Learning how to embrace failure -- Messy problems -- Encouragement -- Curiosity and endless education -- Making the hard choices.

The author of the best-selling book What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college--and every other educational enterprise, too.

9780674066649 (hbk.) 0674066642 (hbk.)

2012015548

016143883 Uk


College students--United States.
Academic achievement--United States.

LA 229 / .B24 2012