About Us

The College Student Development Center, Inc. (CSDCI) is an education and training company that provides theory-based guidance counseling and instruction. The company foresees a society where every student has the opportunity to learn the life management mechanisms necessary to identify and attain their aspirations prior to high school graduation. Its mission is to help students gain the self-knowledge, self-discipline, and college knowledge necessary to transition from dependent adolescents to independent adults. The company fulfills its mission by offering a septivium-based life management curriculum and professional development training to schools, colleges, government, and community organizations.

Dr. Rozalia Williams is the Founder and President of the College Student Development Center, Inc. (CSDCI) in Hollywood, FL. She earned an Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education; and a Master of Science in Counselor Education from Florida International University. She has over four decades of experience counseling and educating high school and college students; creating, implementing, and evaluating student development programs; and teaching first-year experience courses. 

Dr. Williams served as an Exchange Scholar and Peer Reviewer at the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Higher Education Programs. She has delivered presentations at numerous national and state conferences including the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA); the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO); the American College Personnel Association (ACPA); the Southern Association of Equal Opportunity Programs (SAEOPP); the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), and the Teaching Academic Survival and Success (TASS) Conference.

Dr. Williams is the author of the College FAQ Book: Over 5,000 Not Frequently Asked Questions About College! described by Writer’s Market as the first and only comprehensive book of questions about the college experience. Her second book, Life Management: What’s Your A7MQ? teaches students how to answer seven major questions (A7MQ) that prepare them to transition from dependent adolescents to independent adults. Both texts are used in her College Life Skills Course® that has been evaluated and recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education (ACE). She also invented the A7MQ® Life Management Wheel, and the What’s Your A7MQubes? that empower students to engage in self-guidance.

Dr. Williams uses her A7MQ® Life Management Guidance Curriculum to teach counseling practitioners How to Counsel College and Corporate-bound Students in a professional development training approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors for NBCC continuing education credit. The training teaches busy counselors how to make the best use of the limited time they have to give unbiased advice to the whole student; and feel confident they are working equitably with all students regardless of whether the student chooses to earn a badge, license, industry certification, certificate or degree. 

Through her GottaDo College® Early Awareness Initiative, Dr. Williams gives back to her community by volunteering to speak to student and adult audiences on a variety of Student Life Matters® including the topics Intro to Adult Life Readiness, Set Up to Fail: A Day In the Life of A College Student, and Stress Management.

CSDCI defines college as any legitimate corporate entity duly authorized to offer credit-bearing courses of instruction leading to a credential.  This includes employers, businesses, non-profit agencies and organizations; the military, career, technical, and community colleges; and liberal arts colleges and universities. A student is defined as any individual who is engaged in the pursuit of knowledge through independent study or faculty instruction.