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Direct linkBell-Werner, Maureen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of freshmen orientation is "bridging the gap to college" (Tinto, 1993, p. 159). All college orientation programs have three objectives: provide information, set expectations, and provide social integration (Greenfield, Keup, & Gardner, 2013; Schofield & Sackville, 2010). Research supports a positive relationship…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedWaratuke, Stephen; Kling, Thomas – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
We describe the structure of a writing-intensive, chemistry first year seminar designed to support a three week, research focused summer bridge program. Writing assignments in the seminar helped students understand their research activities, learn to conduct themselves as scientists, and reflect upon their lab work. The writing intensive seminar…
Descriptors: Chemistry, First Year Seminars, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs
Download full textFrischmann, Julie A.; Moor, Kelly S. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2017
Idaho State University's Bengal Bridge is a summer program designed to help students successfully transition from high school to their first year of college at Idaho State University. All Bridge students at ISU take two general education courses, plus an additional credit of supplemental instruction focused on academic strategies specific to the…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, School Holding Power, College Bound Students, Summer Programs
Miller, John W.; Lesik, Sally S. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
Retention and graduation rates of an entire cohort of 1,913 first-time full-time college students are analyzed. The effects of participation in a first year experience (FYE) course and of entry level academic preparation (ELAP) on retention and graduation are examined, both descriptively and with discrete-time survival analyses. Although…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Persistence, First Year Seminars, School Holding Power
