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After College

Navigating Transitions, Relationships, and Faith
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Erica Young Reitz helps college seniors and recent graduates navigate the complex transition to postcollege life. Drawing on best practices and research on senior preparedness, this practical guide addresses the top issues graduates face and is now updated to address the realities facing Gen Z in the 2020s.

Product Details

PublisherIVP
Publish DateFebruary 18, 2025
Pages256
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781514011188
Dimensions8.5 X 5.6 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds

About the Author

Erica Young Reitz is the founder of After College Transition, an organization that helps practitioners (higher education professionals, church leaders, and college ministers) equip students to thrive after college. Her experience working with college students includes teaching advanced writing at The Pennsylvania State University and campus ministry with the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach), directing Senior EXIT. She holds an MA in higher education from Geneva College with a research focus on the senior year transition, and her writing has appeared in publications including Christianity Today and Relevant. Erica serves as a leadership development specialist for Bartell and Bartell, helping individuals and teams uplevel their leadership and unleash their organizational potential. Erica lives in central Pennsylvania with her husband, Craig, and their two children.

Reviews

"'After college' is my daughter's world right now, and Erica is answering her questions with the wisdom of a pastor, the skills of a counselor, and the gentleness of a friend. As someone whose full-time audience is 18-24-year-olds, I love that this revised edition offers spot-on content to every recent grad I know. I didn't think the first edition could get any better. It did!"


"Erica Reitz offers practical wisdom for what the transition out of college should look like. What advice would you give graduates preparing for the weird change that happens after college? Here are time-tested answers to how college grads can and should find community, friends, a church, and even new dating partners. Parents are an important part of this process and part of Reitz's holistic vision for life after college."


"The first edition of Erica Reitz's After College quickly became a deeply trusted guide for college graduates. And now this new, freshly updated edition will prove to be even more valuable. After 35 years as a college professor, one thing has become clear to me: the first few years after college were an inflection point for most new graduates. Students who saw remarkable success in college were never guaranteed that same success after college. Which is why this book can be a deeply-needed mentor. It is brim full of wisdom that I would like to see in the hands of every college senior."


"Working with students means encountering young people desperate for help: what to do? How to live? What is good? In this accessible book, Erica Young Reitz proves to be a wise guide for those longing for wisdom in their early lives. She offers practical guidance, from friendships to finances. Reitz offers a vision of life worth living and worth loving. 'It's gonna be okay.' God is with you. He loves you."


"'After college' is my daughter's world right now, and Erica is answering her questions with the wisdom of a pastor, the skills of a counselor, and the gentleness of a friend. As someone whose full-time audience is 18-24-year-olds, I love that this revised edition offers spot-on content to every recent grad I know. I didn't think the first edition could get any better. It did!"

--Sam Van Eman, experiential designer with the CCO and author of Disruptive Discipleship

"Erica Reitz offers practical wisdom for what the transition out of college should look like. What advice would you give graduates preparing for the weird change that happens after college? Here are time-tested answers to how college grads can and should find community, friends, a church, and even new dating partners. Parents are an important part of this process and part of Reitz's holistic vision for life after college."

--John B Weaver, president of Florida College and host of the Downstream Podcast

"The first edition of Erica Reitz's After College quickly became a deeply trusted guide for college graduates. And now this new, freshly updated edition will prove to be even more valuable. After 35 years as a college professor, one thing has become clear to me: the first few years after college were an inflection point for most new graduates. Students who saw remarkable success in college were never guaranteed that same success after college. Which is why this book can be a deeply-needed mentor. It is brim full of wisdom that I would like to see in the hands of every college senior."

--Gary M. Burge, professor emeritus at Wheaton College and editor of Life Questions Every Student Asks and Theology Questions Everyone Asks

"Working with students means encountering young people desperate for help: what to do? How to live? What is good? In this accessible book, Erica Young Reitz proves to be a wise guide for those longing for wisdom in their early lives. She offers practical guidance, from friendships to finances. Reitz offers a vision of life worth living and worth loving. 'It's gonna be okay.' God is with you. He loves you."

--Alex Sosler, associate professor of Bible and Ministry at Montreat College and author of Learning to Love: Christian Higher Education as Pilgrimage

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