Challenging and supporting the first-year student: a handbook for improving the first year of college

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.