You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About | LAist

You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About | LAist

"Academics have a name for the often unspoken, sometimes murky set of skills and expectations that are intrinsic to thriving in a college environment: the hidden curriculum....

"These unwritten rules may be more familiar to some students than others, including first-generation college students and students of color who are underrepresented in higher education.The gap between students who have guidance navigating college and those who don't can starts to show up well before a student sets foot on a campus....

"For example, professors' office hours. 'I hear all the time, "Why didn't this student go to office hours?" And it's like, 'Why would the student know to do that unless they were explicitly told?'" Rodgers said. 'If [the professor is] not actually pedagogical and instructive in terms of naming what office hours are in the beginning, how they can be used, that they are not punitive, you're not coming because you're in trouble or you don't understand something or you're behind ... if you're not doing that type of setup, then how would students know?'"