Preface -- Introduction: Your college education : for a life and a living. Your college journey ; Developing your intellectual skills ; Creating coherence -- Tools for thinking : communication, analysis, problem solving. Effective communication ; Analytic thinking ; Dealing with unstructured problems ; But isn't my major what really counts? ; Being an active learner ; Nine tips for navigating unstructured problems -- Learning to live with others : making a difference, making a life. Becoming a citizen of the nation ; Becoming a citizen of the world ; The moral and ethical dimensions of your eduction -- Looking backward : a future retrospective. Reaching intellectual adulthood ; The path of discovery -- Appendix: Sharpening your problem-solving skills.