Skip to main content
Connect Master 2.0: Student Success

ISBN10: 1260820939 | ISBN13: 9781260820935

Connect Master 2.0: Student Success
ISBN10: 1260820939
ISBN13: 9781260820935
By McGraw Hill and Lashana Stokes

* The estimated amount of time this product will be on the market is based on a number of factors, including faculty input to instructional design and the prior revision cycle and updates to academic research-which typically results in a revision cycle ranging from every two to four years for this product. Pricing subject to change at any time.

Instructor Information

Quick Actions (Only for Validated Instructor Accounts):

Students often struggle to connect concepts to application. Connect Master Student Success was developed as digital-first courseware using deliberate instructional alignment which provides students with focused instruction and assessments. Master takes students beyond rudimentary knowledge to mastery of foundational concepts through adaptive learning with  just-in-time learning resources, paired with practical assessments.

Module 1: Introduction to Higher Education

Module 2: Managing Your Time

Module 3: Goal Setting

Module 4: Self-Assessment

Module 5: Note Taking

Module 6: Memory and Test Taking

Module 7: Reading Effectively

Module 8: Writing and Public Speaking 

Module 9: Critical Thinking

Module 10: Money Management

Module 11: Communication, Groups, and Diversity

Module 12: Academic Planning

Module 13: Career Planning

Module 14: Preparing for an Online Course

Module 15: Digital Literacy

About the Author

Lashana Stokes

“The most important moment in a student’s educational journey is found at the crossroad where purpose, passion and persistence meet - this is the catalyst for college success”. 

LaShana Stokes, M.Ed. has not only created this quote, but has helped breathe life in to it for students through her faculty role in the first-year experience classroom, as well administrator roles in higher education. 

Ms. Stokes has over 17 years of demonstrated transformational leadership in student affairs, academic affairs and the college classroom at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, which has a student population of over 25,000students.  Her roles included Dean of Enrollment Management, Interim Dean of Student and Academic Success, Department Chair of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor in Foundational Studies, which offers first-year experience classes.

She is now currently Content Architect for the Connect Master Student Success product with McGraw-Hill Education. The 100% digital eBook product, which is the first of its kind in the industry, is designed to help first year college students seek out their purpose with passion and persistence. To date, this product has helped to transform over 28,000 students with innovative, individualized adaptive study tools and learning systems.

LaShana holds a B.S. in Speech Communication: Broadcasting and an M.A. in Education: Curriculum and Instruction and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Higher Education Leadership.  She is a dynamic motivational speaker leading first-year experience and equity (institutional and classroom commitment) trainings and has presented at several local, regional, national and international conferences on the topics.  In 2016, LaShana was nominated for the President’s Award and in 2017 received HACC’s Scholarship Recognition Award for her research on piloting first year experience classes specifically for under represented populations and promoting institutional and classroom equity.



Need support?   We're here to help - Get real-world support and resources every step of the way.

Top