All Quotes By Tag: Nonfiction-writing

“The stories of successful channels, stifling ruts, and missed paths all point to the same conclusion: the successful passage from school to postschool achievement requires an interpersonal process of increasing self-understanding, career socialization, and tacit knowledge.”

“For academically talented women, in contrast, school success does not guarantee occupational success. Even the best female college students need people who will support them, encourage them, and – most important—who will connect them to opportunities.”

“College bonds weakened for students of who lived off campus, took outside employment, and maintained active family commitments. Unskilled in navigating the university, these students were unlikely to enter the personal networks where insiders traded the practical information they desperately needed.”

“Extremely talented students face an odd danger: they do so well in the paths they choose that they might not question whether the direction really fits them.”

“The record is clear; nothing succeeds like success and there is no predictor of academic success better than a history of academic success.”