This text provides students with a solid foundation of learning skills and strategies that will help them succeed in college. This is the brief, non-workbook version of Van Blerkom's well-regarded COLLEGE STUDY SKILLS. The text is extensively class-tested, exhibiting the author's wide teaching experience and real understanding of students' needs. No other text does a better job of building on the student's previous years of studying to prepare them for intensive, faster paced college courses.