Harper College/Student Success

This OER text includes topics that community college faculty generated as well as material that students identified as most important for them.

Faculty and Counselor/Advisor-Generated Student Success OER Content
1. College Life-Navigating the System and Campus Resources

Utilize support services available in the college environment to meet students’ personal and academic needs

2. College Learning-Strategies for Academic Engagement and Success

Demonstrate responsible academic behaviors appropriate to intellectual engagement, including the application of active learning strategies

3. Career Development-Developing an Academic and Career Plan

Create a personal development plan which includes academic and career goals and explores pathways for completion.

Additional Student Learning Outcomes for FYS courses

In addition to the three SLOs enumerated above, all FYS courses will pursue the following SLOs, aligned with the current Gen Ed SLOs.

4. Contextualization and Integration

Interconnect course concepts and experiences (personal, campus, or community) in ways that produce new knowledge or skills

5. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Identify and evaluate issues, problems, positions, and supporting evidence through an objective critical thinking process

6. Information Literacy and Source Documentation

Research print and electronic sources, assess their credibility, and support a position using appropriate documentation

7. Diversity and Cross-Cultural Awareness

Articulate inter-cultural ideologies, perspectives, and contributions that people of diverse backgrounds bring to a multicultural world

Student-Generated Student Success Content
Welcome to college success material created by college students for college students.


 * 1) /Introduction/
 * 2) /Self Care/
 * 3) /Motivation and Time Management/
 * 4) /Exercise/
 * 5) /Money Management/