The last two dimensions of college and career readiness include: "academic behaviors" and "contextual skills and awareness (college knowledge)".
Conley explains how academic behaviors in college are far more complex than those in high school. Students are now supposed to be more aware of themselves, their surroundings, their resources, their thinking, and overall, their academic priorities. "Key skills" must be mastered; students must improve on (or actually start) studying , effective time management, note-taking, and self-awareness.
The last dimension on college knowledge implies on the "culture" of college and not so much the courses. Students must not only know how to navigate through the trials that involves starting college (economically, socially, and academically). Conley emphasizes how students shouldn't think of college as a means to "disown [their] own cultural backgrounds, heritage, and traditions," but rather, as a means to mesh, complement, and synthesize (41).
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