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 Press Releases | Pi Kappa Alpha Recommends Success4Students to Chapters
July 1, 2002
Pi Kappa Alpha Recommends Success4Students to Chapters
Pi Kappa Alpha Nationals has decided to adopt the Success4Students program as its recommended academic program for chapters around the country.
Acacia Fraternity to use Success4Students
April 1, 2002
Acacia Fraternity to use Success4Students
Acacia Fraternity has decided to adopt the Success4Students program as its recommended academic program for chapters around the country.
Tau Kappa Epsilon adopts Success4Students
April 1, 2002
Tau Kappa Epsilon adopts Success4Students
Tau Kappa Epsilon Nationals has decided to adopt the Success4Students program as its recommended academic program for chapters around the country.
Alpha Chi Omega to use Success4Students
March 15, 2002
Alpha Chi Omega to use Success4Students
Alpha Chi Omega Nationals has decided to adopt the Success4Students program as its recommended academic program for chapters around the country. Success4Students recipient of 2001 Telly Award
March 1, 2002
Success4Students recipient of 2001 Telly Award
The Success4Students program received a finalist award in this year's Telly competition in the Education category. Less than 30% of 12,000 submittals receive this category so we are very honored to have this recognition. Sigma Alpha Epsilon chooses Workshop for its members
February 18, 2002
Sigma Alpha Epsilon chooses Workshop for its members
Sigma Alpha Epsilon has reviewed the Success4Students program and has included it as a recommended Scholarship Program for its True Gentelemen Initiative. The program will be promoted to local chapters nationwide for the Fall 2002 school year. Competition is Tight in Academia and the Job Market, Time Management Skills are Essential
October 5, 2001
Competition is Tight in Academia and the Job Market, Time Management Skills are Essential
College Station, TX, October 5, 2001 – A recent survey conducted by Success4Students found that entry into universities, graduate schools, and professional programs is more competitive than ever. They also determined that companies hiring during the recent economic slowdown have increased their entry-level requirements.
Dr. Walter Bradley, Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University and founder of Success4Students states, “Students should try to maintain a 3.5 grade point average in order to keep all their options open. Even those who have not decided what career path to take will have a number of options available to them when they do decide if they keep their GPA at a 3.5 or better.” Dr. Bradley emphasizes the importance of mastering time management and study skills as critical elements to achieving this goal. He states, “In over 30 years as a university professor, I have found that successful students not only work hard, but work smart through setting goals, careful planning, and knowing how to study effectively.”
The survey also indicated that poor time management skills are a leading factor in lower student retention rates. Dr. Bradley concludes, “American College Testing recently reported that 50% of students beginning college will not complete their degree plan; this is a little discouraging. However, I am convinced that it is not lack of intelligence, but lack of fundamental skills that makes a difference for these students. We are seeing amazing results with students who learn how to motivate and effectively apply themselves with time management and study skills, and this is making a difference in their options for their future.”
Success4Students is a leading provider of time management and study skills programs to students across the country (www.success4students.com).
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Grade Inflation by High Schools Gives False Sense of Confidence
September 27, 2001
Grade Inflation by High Schools Gives False Sense of Confidence
According to the company that produces the ACT exam, grade point averages for students taking the test have increased in each of the last 5 years up to a 3.22 from a 3.16 in 1997. During that time, the average
ACT score has remained 21. ACT officials say the results suggest grade inflation by high schools. Source: Time Magazine Success4Students presented at Annual TASC Conference
April 30, 2001
Success4Students presented at Annual TASC Conference
College Sation, TX-1Quest Learning exhibited at the Texas Association of Student Councils held in Austin, April 26-27,2001. The Success4Students program was promoted to the 4000 plus students and advisors as a potential club fundraiser. 1Quest has heard from many parents of college students who wanted a time management and study skills course for their high school students. In response to this request, 1Quest is developing the Success4Students video that can benefit both college and high school students.
And since it seems clubs are constantly trying to raise funds for special events (i.e. student conferences, proms, etc.), 1Quest saw an opportunity to help the clubs by giving them a fundraiser with great profit potential and to help the parents who want to better equip their students for school and life.
The Success4Students fundraiser is a win win situation since kids are selling a product that people recognize as having lasting, long-term value, instead of selling food or knicknacks, which are temporary and disposable.
If your club or organization is interested in using Success4Students as a fundraiser, contact 1Quest Learning at 1-800-906-4333. BBB Excellence Award
March 31, 2001
BBB Excellence Award
College Station, TX--the Better Business Bureau of Brazos County presented 1 Quest Learning (a.k.a. Time Managment & Study Strategies) with a BBB Excellence Award for "No Customer Complaints."
This award is issued only to a member business that has not had a consumer complaint during the last three-year reporting period.
1Quest Learning forms LP to put its Success4Students course on video
January 5, 2001
1Quest Learning forms LP to put its Success4Students course on video
College Station, TX--1 Quest Learning, formerly doing business as Time Management & Study Strategies, forms a limited partnership to offer the Success4Students course in video form.
The Success4Students program has previously been offered in a live format, but the number of live presentations has been limited by the schedule of Dr. Walter Bradley, the course founder and teacher.
By offering the course in an alternative format like video, more students will have the opportunity to benefit from the key principles of the course: Focus-Plan-Learn-Succeed.
1Quest Learning plans to continue offering live presentations of Success4Students, and hopes to add more programs in the future. |
News Reports | Dealing with Test Anxiety
April 1, 2003
Dealing with Test Anxiety
See Dr. Bradley's article in Next Step Magazine
http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/articledetails.aspx?articleid=691 Study seminar makes time for free weekends
October 1, 1996
Study seminar makes time for free weekends
The Battalion - Texas A&M University
By Kimber Huff
Note: article written using our former name Time Management & Study Strategies
Dr. Walter Bradley, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, found that his students complained about having too much homework and too little time to socialize.
To address the problem, Bradley created a seminar which teaches students how to maintain a high grade-point ration and have the weekends free.
The seminar, entitled "Time Management and Study Strategies for College Students," began when Bradley began asking mechanical engineering students what could be done to improve the department.
"The most common answer I got was 'give less work,'" Bradley said. "I felt the bigger problem was the inefficient and ineffective way most students go about doing the work."
Bradley began planning a program that would teach students to get their work done in a reasonable amount of time.
The first seminar was given in 1990 to a group of mechanical engineering student. For the next three years, the seminar was held on campus with 160 to 170 mechanical engineering students attending each year.
Other organizations soon began asking Bradley to give his presentation for their members.
"During that time period, I began to get a lot of invitations," Bradley said.
Bradley said he wanted to expand the program, but he couldn't plan for multiple groups alone.
"I don't have time to do more than just show up and teach." Bradley said.
Bradley's son, Steven Bradley, and son-in-law, David Perry, expressed an interest in helping organize off-campus programs and programs at other schools.
"It's kind of fun to do this as kind of a family project with them," Bradley said.
In 1994, Bradley began giving the six-hour-long seminar off campus so more people could attend each semester. Two sections have also been offered in the fall, and one section in the spring.
Bradley said it is extremely important to have a clear vision of where you want to go in the future.
"Without a clear vision, I'm probably not going to perform to anything like my maximum potential," Bradley said.
Bradley said he got information about graduate school and discovered that he needed to maintain a 3.6 grade-point ration to get a fellowship to graduate school.
"Then I made a C on my first calculus test," Bradley said. Bradley didn't let this discourage him.
"I knew what I needed to make," Bradley said. "I knew where I wanted to go." Bradley said he was determined to make a 100 on the final to bring his grade up.
"I started studying three weeks before the final," Bradley said. "I probably studied 50 hours for that final."
Bradley said the studying paid off when he made a 100 on the final, and an A in the class. His GPR stayed about 3.6.
"It's hard to be excellent in performance when you're ambiguous in direction." Bradley said.
Besides determining goals for the future, Bradley said the program tries to help students improve their time management, reading and memory skills.
"I was surprised that most of the students have effective reading rates of 100 words per minute," Bradley said.
Bradley said this is approximately a third-grade reading level. A more realistic level for college students is about 500 words per minute.
"Reading slowly acutally penalizes your comprehension," Bradley said.
Another practice that can prove to hurt students is what Bradley calls "deferred learning," or putting off studying until exam time.
"You have to apply your own pressure to work hard," Bradley said.
Bradley sais going to class is also a key to improving grades and having more free time. He recommends going to class and sitting in the gront of the room.
"You have to work hard during class," Bradley said.
Bradley recommends treating school like an 8-to-5 job or a 42 hour work week.
If students are spending 14 hours in class per week, Bradley said, then they can study 28 hours outside of class and still have every week night and the entire week-end off.
"I feel very confident that students applying these skills can make a 3.5 without studying on weekends," Bradley said. "Applying them isn't hard, it's just doing things in a different way."
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Dr. Walter Bradley |
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"Thanks for the concern regarding our level of success so far this semester. I just took my first two exams (back-to-back) of the semester and feel confident that I did well on both of them! Man, that is the best feeling in the world!"
-Laura O. |
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