Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-278) and index.

Engage: adjusting to the culture of college, setting your goals, and developing your academic passion -- Persist: managing your college resources, your money, and your debts -- Prioritize: planning your time and reducing stress -- Read: building your reading and comprehension skills -- Learn: using your dominant intelligence, learning style, and personality type to become an active learner -- Record: cultivating your listening skills and developing note taking systems that work for you -- Remember: empowering your memory and creating your study plans -- Assess: developing successful test taking tactics that work for you -- Think: expanding your aptitude for critical thinking and problem solving -- Prosper: connecting with careers, cultures, and character.