19 Apps: Leadership Education for College Students (PDF)

Chapter Outline:

Introduction: College Education and the Idea of Greatness

Blueprints

• App 1. Know the Real You (While Most People Are Choosing a Major)
• App 2. Know Your Inner Leader (While Most People Consult Their Class Schedule)
• App 3. Know Your Mission (While Most People Change Their Major)
• App 4. Know Your Career “Power Points” (While Most People Seek Good Grades)
• App 5. Know the Great Ideas (While Most People Try to Understand the Library)
• App 6. Read the Classics (While Most People are Asking, “What’s Your Major?”)

Technologies

• App 7. Master the Cards (While Most People Cram)
• App 8. Change the Calendar (While Most People Try to Manage Their Time)
• App 9. Read to Learn (While Most People Read to Read)
• App 10. Write to Master (While Most People Write to Pass)

Horizontals

• App 11. Turn Study Groups into Colloquia (While Most People Use Study Groups to Prepare for Tests)
• App 12. Turn Study Groups into Orals (While Most People Trust Multiple Choice)
• App 13. Seek Simulations (While Most People Wait for Others to Lead Them)
• App 14. Boost Your Vocabulary (While Most People Skim Over Unknown Words)

Verticals

• App 15. Master the Three Assignments (While Most People Just Solve Problems)
• App 16. Study Peer-Reviewed Journals (While Most People Only Study Textbooks)
• App 17. Study The Masters (While Most People Research Magazines)
• App 18. Personalize Your Professors (While Most People Are Just a Number)
• App 19. Overcome “Ringism” (While Most People “Just Wanna Fit In”)

Conclusion: The Catalyst of a Great Leadership Education

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