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Bridges introduces students to a wide range of concepts, institutions, histories, and artifacts of United States college and university life. After discussing these items in easy-to-scan, concise, nuance-free prose, this textbook then offers useful lists, templates for writing and speaking in different discourses and situations, thought-provoking questions and activities for self-study and for classroom work, and pertinent hyperlinks for further information. Bridges is designed to help first-generation, first-year, English language learners, and/or culturally unfamiliarized students more fully and successfully explore their educational environments. By using this book, students will be better prepared for the academic and social challenges of successfully undertaking higher education in English.

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This book is for students who are considering entering undergraduate or graduate schoolprograms at a United States college or university. Some of the information in here might beuseful for students entering specialty programs such as technical schools, law schools, executiveprograms, or medical schools. However, it does not directly discuss these programs.This book is for two specific audiences: first-generation students and internationalstudents. If none of your close family members/caregivers/mentors went to college, or if you’rean international student whose parents didn’t go to college in the United States, you will needto do a lot of fact-finding research on your own. This book can help point you in the rightdirection.

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