The Mountain Is High Unless You Take the Elevator : Success Strategies for Adult Learners

by Laurence N. Smith, Timothy L. Walter

This text builds confidence in adult learners by presenting strategies for mastering basic skills such as classroom learning, studying, reading, note and test taking, and time management. Directed at the specific needs and concerns of older students, the text challenges the readers' assumptions of what is needed for college success, and provides material, exercises and applications, to ensure academic and personal fulfillment. This book should be of interest to orientation and college success courses where the emphasis is on adult students.

250 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992