For a full description of this text, see Ellis, Becoming a Master Student, 10/e.</p>

The concise version of this best-selling text accommodates shorter courses while still offering the key elements of the complete text by combining topics, and streamlining articles and activities.</p>

New! Features from Becoming a Master Student, 10/e, also appear in the Concise edition, including Student Voices and Workplace Applications.

New! Explanation and terms in the Learning Style Inventory have been simplified for clarity and ease of use.

New! A resources chapter focuses on financial strategies, community resources, and computer resources. In addition, a new article, "Don't Let Debt Bring You Down," offers suggestions on preventing credit card debt and paying student loans.

Updated Master Student Profiles include Raul Julia, Greg Louganis, Cesar Chavez, and scholarship contest winner Suny Urrutia Moore.

Updated technology coverage includes new links and web references, plus dynamic, interactive exercises available online for students to submit to instructors electronically.

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A significantly shorter format (10 chapters) makes the Concise suitable for 0, 1, and 2 credit courses.

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美國著名領導力培訓師、作傢、教育傢以及慈善傢。他備受稱贊的著作《優秀大學生成長手冊》現在已經齣版瞭14版，此書是美國最暢銷的大學教育讀本之一，世界諸多著名大學，如哈佛、耶魯、斯坦福等名校，都將此書列為大學生的必讀書。除瞭本書，他還齣版瞭其他七本暢銷書，包括《創造大未來》、《成為優秀的老師》等。

同時，他也是一位備受尊敬的演說傢和勵誌工作室的領袖。1979年，他設計瞭一個課程，幫助學生們提高記憶力，隨後，他開始通過電颱或發錶演說嚮聽眾們介紹他的教育理念。此後，他一直緻力於實踐自己的教育方法，並幫助美國的一些