Marcia Cantarella Ph.D.

College and Career Success Depends on People You Don’t Know But Who Know You

by Marcia Cantarella Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2018 | Articles

One of the things I have noticed in my years as a college dean and administrator is that students can be pretty dense. I am not talking about intellectual capacity—far from it. I am not even talking about what happens in the classroom. Actually that can be where the...

How My Heart Makes My College Success

by Marcia Cantarella Ph.D. | Nov 1, 2017 | Articles

I recently had the privilege of creating three audio courses about college success for How To Learn. One course deals with being sure you identify the right college for you and then being sure that you can find the funds to graduate with minimal debt. The second is...

Why Manners Matter if you Want to Succeed in College

by Marcia Cantarella Ph.D. | Oct 17, 2017 | Articles

I have to admit that as a proud grandmother I am so delighted when I hear over and over what a pleasure it is to serve my grandkids from wait staff all over the place in all kinds of restaurants. Lots of “May I have”, “Please” and “Thank you.” I remember my own...

7 Best Tips for First Generation College Students

by Marcia Cantarella Ph.D. | Aug 24, 2016 | Articles

First Generation students often feel the jitters at the start of college. On Sunday, August 21st, 2016 The New York Times Review section wrote a piece called Overcoming Freshman Fear. The author describes the fear of feeling like a fraud especially when that student...

All The Difference

by Marcia Cantarella Ph.D. | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog

The American Graduate film All the Difference by Tod Lending is a real and compelling view of two determined African-American young men, Krishaun Branch and Robert Henderson, as they journey from high school through college. It could be your story, or the story of...