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Challenging and supporting the first-year student: a handbook for improving the first year of college
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Jossey-Bass
Publication Date
c2005
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1st ed.
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st ed.
The first year of college revisited / M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot
What We Know About Today's First-Year Students and Institutional Efforts to Help Them Succeed. Today's first-year students / Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler
The keys to first-year student persistence / Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, M. Lee Upcraft
Current institutional practice in the first college year / Betsy O. Barefoot.
Recruiting and Challenging First-Year Students. The enrollment management process / Don Hossler, Douglas K. Anderson
Student engagement in the first year of college / George D. Kuh
Expectations and performance / Karen Maitland Schilling, Karl L. Schilling.
Creating Campus Cultures for First-Year Student Success. Fostering first-year success of underrepresented minorities / Freeman A. Hrabowski III
The realities of diversity and the campus climate for first-year students / W. Terrell Jones
Building the foundation for first-year student success in public, urban universities: a case study / Diana S. Natalucio, Maggy Smith
Inviting first-year student success: a president's perspective / Betty L. Siegel
Advocating for first-year students / Jay Chaskes, Ralph G. Anttonen
Collaborative partnerships between academic and student affairs / Charles C. Schroeder
Technology and today's first-year students / Reynol Junco.
Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students in the Classroom. Inside the first-year classroom: challenges and constraints / Bette LeSere Erickson, Diane W. Strommer
Faculty development and the first year / Scott E. Evenbeck, Barbara Jackson
First-year seminars / Mary Stuart Hunter, Carrie W. Linder
Developmental education / Jeanne L. Higbee
Supplemental instruction / Deanna C. Martin, Maureen Hurley
Academic advising / Margaret C. King, Thomas J. Kerr
The place of the library versus the Library as place / Margit Misangyi Watts
Service-learning and the first-year student / Edward Zlotkowski
Learning communities / Jodi Levine Laufgraben.
Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students Outside the Classroom. Designing orientation programs / Richard H. Mullendore, Leslie A. Banahan
First-year student living environments / William J. Zeller
Student support services / John H. Schuh
The first-year experience and alcohol use / Philip W. Meilman, Cheryl A. Presley.
Assessing the First Cillege Year. Assessing the first year of college / M. Lee Upcraft
A beginner's guide for assessing the first college year / M. Lee Upcraft, Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, Randy L. Swing
Choosing and using assessment instruments / Randy L. Swing, M. Lee Upcraft
Principles of good practice for the first college year and summary of recommendations / John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, Betsy O. Barefoot.
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9780787959685
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