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Two weeks ago a new name and identity was given to the former Student > Support > Centres at the University of South Australia. > On each of the five metropolitan campuses of the University we now have a > new > area called Learning Connection. This includes the services of learning > advisers, counsellors, careers advisers, international student support and > professional developers. > > If you would like to find out more about our services and how they are > structured visit our home page at: > http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/ > A detailed explanation of all our services has been given in > http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/servcon/index.htm see > Learning Connection - Portfolio of Services > > A number of changes are being implemented but the main ones include: > * the development of online learning resources (access is available > beyond the Uni of SA) > - we have developed a new series of learning guides which can > be accessed on the web and downloaded or printed. > http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/learnres/learng/index. > htm > - we have also developed some online workshops on general > topics - Books for Reading Interns ing my insider knowledge is still correct)---for other courses consider From Access to Success by Maxwell. Improving Student Learning Skills is also good. Teaching Study Skills and Strategies in College by Iannuzzi, et.al includes many practical techniques. McKeachie's Teaching Tips is a good book for any new college instructor. Lives on the Boundary and City on a Hill both lead to interesting conversations. -- Norman A. Stahl Ron Suskind's nonfiction book, "A Hope in the Unseen," follows Cedric Jennings through his junior and senior year in high school, a summer prep program for minorities at MIT, and his first year at Brown University. Cedric is a very hard-working student who is strong in math and science. However, because he is from a lower socio-economic background and because he attended a under-performing urban high school in Washington DC., he finds that he is quite underprepared for college. He was an honors student in high school, yet he is far behind most other freshmen in college. And his personal experiences are worlds apart from most of the other freshman at Brown. Cedric allowed journalist Ron Suskind to accompany him and extensively interview him and his mother over the course of 4 years. This book is the result. The book explores how it feels to think that you are better prepared for higher education than you really are. It also shows how one's inner drive, motivation, pride, and dreams can help overcome those deficiencies. And it makes a strong statement about how lower expectations in high school can limit students. We will be using the book this summer in our pre-college program for opportunity students It was published in 1998 by Broadway Books (a division of Random House). It's 373 pages, and the ISBN number of the paperback is 0-7679-0126-6. Sharon Sharon Green Niagara University