Challenging and supporting the first-year student : a handbook for improving the first year of college /
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the first year of college revisited / M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot
- PART ONE: 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
- PART TWO: 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
- PART THREE: 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
- Colllaborating partnerships between academic and student affairs / Charles C. Schroeder
- Technology and today's first-year students / Reynol Junco
- PART FOUR: CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM: Inside the first-year classroom: challenges and constraits / Bette LeSere Erickson, Diane W. Strommer
- Faculty development and the first year / Scott E. Evenbeck, Barbara Jackson
- First-year seminars / Mary Stuart Hunter, Carrie 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
- PART FIVE: 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. Mellman, Cheryl A. Presley
- PART SIX: ASSESSING THE FIRST COLLEGE 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
- Conclusion: Principles of good practice for the first college year and summary of recommendations / John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, Betsy O. Barefoot.