On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life

Book arrived just as scheduled and was in very good condition as described.

The company accurately depicted the book and its in great shape. Not terribly fond of the content itself. Its a required text for a class or I'd happily return It for someone else who may love it.

Overall, I feel that this book is filled with a lot of detailed information intended to help the beginning college student, and perhaps others, stay “on course”. There is also an overall structure in various ways and from a variety of perspectives to help people direct their lives. The intent is to help the student see alternatives, including alternative points of view, that would be helpful for her or him. I think that Prof. Downing has done an excellent job and that students who take the time to engage with this material will benefit. We all sometimes face difficult transitions, and the transition to adulthood, much of which is captured in the rituals and culture of higher education, is one of the most difficult transitions we humans face. I read this book for some insights to help students I encounter, but I also thought that, I myself, have benefitted a little from reading the book. I think Prof. Downing provides a great deal of help to pass classes, and to graduate, and to organize one’s thinking toward adult life, adult responsibilities and adult motivations. There is a complete focus on finding a mentality for growth and creativity, and for balance in one’s life. Most of life we cannot control, and our actions are in a context of risk, ambiguity and uncertainty. But we do have control over many aspects of our inner lives, our reactions, and our recognition of the potential consequences of our own actions. Prof. Downing is very concerned with this, and with getting us to see that there are often positive, personal choices that we can make to avoid feeling like a victim of circumstances. I strongly recommend this book to awaken oneself to a growth mindset, that amounts to much more than just getting good grades or graduating (although there is ample material in the book that addresses this). I think we can all feel lost in our lives, even when we have achieved a fair measure of success, so a book to stay “on course” can be helpful to a larger audience than just students.

This text is designed to be used on Cengage with Mindtap online. And online portal used to rent textbooks, complete assignments as well as take quizes/exams. It appears this book has a code associated with it but i cannot find it on any of the pages. Amazon, does this book have a Cengage code? If you could provide me the code it was save me $120 on purchasing the full access subscription to Cengage. Please help.

The book held together for the course, it probably was in fair condition (I usually buy in good+ condition but may have bought it in fair).

Used this book for class came in perfect conditions

Just got this book today, I’m renting it for a class I’m taking. The pages literally fell out when I took it out of the delivery package. I guess as long as it gets me through this course it’s all the matters but it just sucks that they’re that damaged. I was thinking maybe a few bends.

I received this book today for my summer class and I noticed there was a tear in one of the pages, I taped it the best I could.

You can buy this book as the previous version of On Course with the reasonable price. The latest one has alsmost same contents but the price is more expensive than this one. I love this book.

This is a great resource for anyone with a desire to succeed. The concepts and strategies taught are applicable to life not just students life. This is a text on being successful in college and or university, and the author, Skip Downing has provided the Complete Recipe for Success. There is no guess work involved. Read, complete the journals, take action. Repeat steps 1 thru 3, incubate and repeat. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼