Recommended Reading for Advisors




Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen / Paperback / Penguin Putnam / 2000.

Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook

Virginia N. Gordon, Wesley R. Habley, and Associates / Jossey-Bass / 2000.

FISH! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

Stephen Lundin / Hardcover / Hyperion / 2000.

Composing a Life (a study of the improvisations of five extraordinary women)

Mary Catherine Bateson / Paperback / Dutton-Plume / 1990.

Debunking the Myth: Stories about African American University Students

O. Gilbert Brown / Paperback / Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation / 1994.

Survey of Senior Satisfaction with IUB

1998 (To obtain a copy, please contact Doug Anderson.)

Millenials Rising

Neil Howe and William Strause / Vintage / 2000.

How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research

Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini / Jossey-Bass / 1991.
 

BAC Reading Group Selections

"Thin Ice 'Stereotype Threat' and Black College Students" by Claude M. Steele.
If you are interested in reading this short article, please e-mail MaryLou Hosek for a copy.

Other Readings

The Mentor: An Online Advising Journal, courtesy of Penn State University.

NACADA Publications

Please send your suggestions to Gwenette Goshert.

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