In my 23 years of teaching college students, LeeAnne McIlroy Langton's A Degree of Commitment: A Freshman's Guide to College Success is the most invaluable, -nsense guide for students who are eager to de-mystify the university that I have come across. She clearly details the steps students need to take to be successful. This book is a wonderful resource for educating the whole student. As the first member in my family to attend college, I wish I would have had this book available to me. --Dr. Tim Caron, Director of University Hors Program and Professor of English, California State University Long Beach
LeeAnne McIlroy Langton teaches academic and creative writing at California State University, Long Beach and at The American University of Health Services in Signal Hill. She teaches poetry to nursing students as a way to process their experiences with life, death and illness. Her own poetry reflects this purpose. Langton is the co-editor of Around the World in One Semester and is a guest columnist for The Laguna Beach Independent.