Resources
Welcome to the home of all of Dr. Matt’s hand crafted resources including books, courses, and other tools to power-up your college days.
To access the free resources, enter your contact info and you’ll get an email with your download. Simple! Now and then we’ll let you know about special events, but don’t worry, it’ll never be as often as those reminders from the financial-aid office.
Gutsy Guide to Reading in College
Fair warning. This book is not about speed-reading or power-cramming. This book is about learning how to figure out what to focus on in the reading. This book will teach you how to improve your recall for exams. It will explore new ways to take notes and organize your life and reading.
How this book came about
Dr. Matt’s Gutsy Guide to Reading in College grew from Matt’s three-decades of teaching, researching, speaking, and advising college students with their next steps in life. He complied lessons learned both throughout his academic career and from helping others in this excellent guide designed to not only improve your grades, but also help you integrate reading into your life in new ways.
Who Needs this Book?
Any student heading off to college. Any Faculty looking to challenge their views and wanting to think about their students in a new way. The book is a great gift for students heading off to college or a tool to help faculty and staff think about students’ college-years in new ways.
Free Downloadable Supplementary Materials
Be sure to check out The Successful College Reading Workbook that a free workbook that accompanies the Gutsy Guide to Reading in College.
Books & Courses to Come
Welcome to the home of all of Dr. Matt’s hand crafted resources including books, courses, and other tools to power-up your college days.
You can start by purchasing Dr. Matt’s first book: Gutsy Guide to Reading in College, or by checking out the free downloadable resources below.
SPECIAL Announcement
Dr. Matt's monthly subscription gives you access to a weekly hour of Dr. Matt’s office hours in the fall of 2024. Come by to ask questions, check in on your work, learn new reading strategies and join the Gutsy community!
Advanced College Reading Course
Course Release: April 2024
If you liked the book, you’ll love Dr. Matt’s Advanced College Reading Course! 26 video lessons walk you through the book topics using downloadable exercises that you customize to your classes. Additional resources will help you set-up your reading, tailor the World’s Greatest Reading Template to your courses and set you up for more efficient reading, more thoughtful papers, better test preparation and higher grades.
College Prep Summer Intensive
Course Release: Summer 2024
This illuminating course includes all the video course resources, plus five synchronous group sessions with Dr. Matt, breakouts to learn best tips from others, interactive office hours, and two 1-on-1 meetings with Dr. Matt to fine-tune your college reading plan.
Gutsy Guide to Writing in College
Book Release: Spring 2025
Dr. Matt’s Gutsy Guide to Writing in College walks through the challenges and strategies for how to become an excellent writer in college and beyond. More than a list of grammar rules, Dr. Matt’s Gutsy Guide to Writing in College looks at the unique world of college writing and shows you how to create habits that will make you a great writer in college and beyond.
Advanced College Writing Course
Course Release: Spring 2025
Dr. Matt’s Advanced College Writing Course takes lessons from the book and helps you make them your own. Video lessons walk you through book topics using downloadable exercises that you customize to your classes. Additional resources will set you up for writing thoughtful and stress-free college papers (and probably better grades too!).
Free Downloads
College is expensive. That much is obvious. So, to help everyone out, I’ve created a couple of free resources to designed to help you maximize your time, raise your grades, and make the most of college.
Be sure to check out the blog for more free tips and tricks to maximizing your time at college.