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contents Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed. Gardner, John N., Ed. Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. Academic Persistence Faculty Development Urban Universities Supplementary Education Enrollment Management Drinking Academic Advising College Freshmen Higher Education Guides Educational Practices College Environment Student Recruitment Student Motivation Advocacy Student Personnel Services Educational Technology College Libraries Service Learning Educational Assessment Educational Principles Academic Achievement Minority Groups Disproportionate Representation Student Diversity Case Studies College Instruction Seminars Developmental Studies Programs School Orientation College Housing Measures (Individuals) An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, this book includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. Following the introduction, "The First Year of College Revisited," written by the editors, this book divides into six parts and 29 chapters. Part One, What We Know about Today's First-Year Students and Institutional Efforts to Help Them Succeed, contains: (1) Today's First-Year Students (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler); (2) The Keys to First-Year Student Persistence (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler and M. Lee Upcraft); and (3) Current Institutional Practice in the First College Year (Betsy O. Barefoot). Part Two, Recruiting and Challenging First-Year Students, contains: (4) The Enrollment Management Process (Don Hossler and Douglas K. Anderson); (5) Student Engagement in the First Year of College (George D. Kuh); and (6) Expectations and Performance (Karen Maitland Schilling and Karl L. Schilling). Part Three, Creating Campus Cultures for First-Year Student Success, contains: (7) Fostering First-Year Success of Underrepresented Minorities (Freeman A. Hrabowski, III); (8) The Realities of Diversity and the Campus Climate for First-Year Students (W. Terrell Jones); (9) Building the Foundation for First-Year Student Success in Public, Urban Universities: A Case Study (Diana S. Natalicio and Maggy Smith); (10) Inviting First-Year Student Success: A President's Perspective (Betty L. Siegel); (11) Advocating for First-Year Students (Jay Chaskes and Ralph G. Anttonen); (12) Collaborative Partnerships between Academic and Student Affairs (Charles C. Schroeder); and (13) Technology and Today's First-Year Students (Reynol Junco). Part Four, Challenging And Supporting First-Year Students In The Classroom, contains: (14) Inside the First-Year Classroom: Challenges and Constraints (Bette LaSere Erickson and Diane W. Strommer); (15) Faculty Development and the First Year (Scott E. Evenbeck and Barbara Jackson); (16) First-Year Seminars (Mary Stuart Hunter and Carrie W. Linder); (17) Developmental Education (Jeanne L. Higbee); (18) Supplemental Instruction (Deanna C. Martin and Maureen Hurley); (19) Academic Advising (Margaret C. King and Thomas J. Kerr); (20) The Place of the Library versus the Library as Place (Margit Misangyi Watts); (21) Service-Learning and the First-Year Student (Edward Zlotkowski); and (22) Learning Communities (Jodi Levine Laufgraben). Part Five, Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students outside the Classroom, contains: (23) Designing Orientation Programs (Richard H. Mullendore and Leslie A. Banahan); (24) First-Year Student Living Environments (William J. Zeller); (25) Student Support Services (John H. Schuh); and (26) The First-Year Experience and Alcohol Use (Philip W. Meilman and Cheryl A. Presley). Part Six, Assessing the First College Year, contains: (27) Assessing the First Year of College (M. Lee Upcraft); (28) A Beginner's Guide for Assessing the First College Year (M. Lee Upcraft, Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, and Randy L. Swing); and (29) Choosing and Using Assessment Instruments (Randy L. Swing and M. Lee Upcraft). The book also contains a preface; list of references; name and subject indexes; and a conclusion: "Principles of Good Practice for the First College Year and Summary of Recommendations" (John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, and Betsy O. Barefoot).
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spellingShingle Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College
Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed.
Gardner, John N., Ed.
Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed.
Academic Persistence
Faculty Development
Urban Universities
Supplementary Education
Enrollment Management
Drinking
Academic Advising
College Freshmen
Higher Education
Guides
Educational Practices
College Environment
Student Recruitment
Student Motivation
Advocacy
Student Personnel Services
Educational Technology
College Libraries
Service Learning
Educational Assessment
Educational Principles
Academic Achievement
Minority Groups
Disproportionate Representation
Student Diversity
Case Studies
College Instruction
Seminars
Developmental Studies Programs
School Orientation
College Housing
Measures (Individuals)
Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed. Gardner, John N., Ed. Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. Academic Persistence Faculty Development Urban Universities Supplementary Education Enrollment Management Drinking Academic Advising College Freshmen Higher Education Guides Educational Practices College Environment Student Recruitment Student Motivation Advocacy Student Personnel Services Educational Technology College Libraries Service Learning Educational Assessment Educational Principles Academic Achievement Minority Groups Disproportionate Representation Student Diversity Case Studies College Instruction Seminars Developmental Studies Programs School Orientation College Housing Measures (Individuals) An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, this book includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. Following the introduction, "The First Year of College Revisited," written by the editors, this book divides into six parts and 29 chapters. Part One, What We Know about Today's First-Year Students and Institutional Efforts to Help Them Succeed, contains: (1) Today's First-Year Students (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler); (2) The Keys to First-Year Student Persistence (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler and M. Lee Upcraft); and (3) Current Institutional Practice in the First College Year (Betsy O. Barefoot). Part Two, Recruiting and Challenging First-Year Students, contains: (4) The Enrollment Management Process (Don Hossler and Douglas K. Anderson); (5) Student Engagement in the First Year of College (George D. Kuh); and (6) Expectations and Performance (Karen Maitland Schilling and Karl L. Schilling). Part Three, Creating Campus Cultures for First-Year Student Success, contains: (7) Fostering First-Year Success of Underrepresented Minorities (Freeman A. Hrabowski, III); (8) The Realities of Diversity and the Campus Climate for First-Year Students (W. Terrell Jones); (9) Building the Foundation for First-Year Student Success in Public, Urban Universities: A Case Study (Diana S. Natalicio and Maggy Smith); (10) Inviting First-Year Student Success: A President's Perspective (Betty L. Siegel); (11) Advocating for First-Year Students (Jay Chaskes and Ralph G. Anttonen); (12) Collaborative Partnerships between Academic and Student Affairs (Charles C. Schroeder); and (13) Technology and Today's First-Year Students (Reynol Junco). Part Four, Challenging And Supporting First-Year Students In The Classroom, contains: (14) Inside the First-Year Classroom: Challenges and Constraints (Bette LaSere Erickson and Diane W. Strommer); (15) Faculty Development and the First Year (Scott E. Evenbeck and Barbara Jackson); (16) First-Year Seminars (Mary Stuart Hunter and Carrie W. Linder); (17) Developmental Education (Jeanne L. Higbee); (18) Supplemental Instruction (Deanna C. Martin and Maureen Hurley); (19) Academic Advising (Margaret C. King and Thomas J. Kerr); (20) The Place of the Library versus the Library as Place (Margit Misangyi Watts); (21) Service-Learning and the First-Year Student (Edward Zlotkowski); and (22) Learning Communities (Jodi Levine Laufgraben). Part Five, Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students outside the Classroom, contains: (23) Designing Orientation Programs (Richard H. Mullendore and Leslie A. Banahan); (24) First-Year Student Living Environments (William J. Zeller); (25) Student Support Services (John H. Schuh); and (26) The First-Year Experience and Alcohol Use (Philip W. Meilman and Cheryl A. Presley). Part Six, Assessing the First College Year, contains: (27) Assessing the First Year of College (M. Lee Upcraft); (28) A Beginner's Guide for Assessing the First College Year (M. Lee Upcraft, Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, and Randy L. Swing); and (29) Choosing and Using Assessment Instruments (Randy L. Swing and M. Lee Upcraft). The book also contains a preface; list of references; name and subject indexes; and a conclusion: "Principles of Good Practice for the First College Year and Summary of Recommendations" (John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, and Betsy O. Barefoot).
title Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College
topic Academic Persistence
Faculty Development
Urban Universities
Supplementary Education
Enrollment Management
Drinking
Academic Advising
College Freshmen
Higher Education
Guides
Educational Practices
College Environment
Student Recruitment
Student Motivation
Advocacy
Student Personnel Services
Educational Technology
College Libraries
Service Learning
Educational Assessment
Educational Principles
Academic Achievement
Minority Groups
Disproportionate Representation
Student Diversity
Case Studies
College Instruction
Seminars
Developmental Studies Programs
School Orientation
College Housing
Measures (Individuals)
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