{"product_id":"practice-for-life-making-decisions-in-college","title":"Practice for Life: Making Decisions in College","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePractice for Life: Making Decisions in College\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLee Cuba\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780674970663\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the day they arrive on campus, college students spend four years--or sometimes more--making decisions that shape every aspect of their academic and social lives. Whether choosing a major or a roommate, some students embrace decision-making as an opportunity for growth, while others seek to minimize challenges and avoid risk. \u003ci\u003ePractice for Life \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds a compelling case that a liberal arts education offers students a complex, valuable process of self-creation, one that begins in college but continues far beyond graduation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSifting data from a five-year study that followed over two hundred students at seven New England liberal arts colleges, the authors uncover what drives undergraduates to become engaged with their education. They found that students do not experience college as having a clear beginning and end but as a continuous series of new beginnings. They start and restart college many times, owing to the rhythms of the academic calendar, the vagaries of student housing allocation, and other factors. This dynamic has drawbacks as well as advantages. Not only students but also parents and faculty place enormous weight on some decisions, such as declaring a major, while overlooking the small but significant choices that shape students' daily experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor most undergraduates, deep engagement with their college education is at best episodic rather than sustained. Yet these disruptions in engagement provide students with abundant opportunities for reflection and course-correction as they learn to navigate the future uncertainties of adult life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Practice for Life: Making Decisions in College | Lee Cuba | Hardcover | 9780674970663 | Used: Like New | Education 1561799","offer_id":50583863066882,"sku":"1561799","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51vQ5qq4TAL.jpg?v=1791040058","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/practice-for-life-making-decisions-in-college","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}