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2009 National Survey of First-Year Seminars: Ongoing Efforts to Support Students in Transition. Research Reports on College Transitions No. 2
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Padgett, Ryan D.; Keup, Jennifer R. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
Findings from the ninth triennial administration of the National Survey of First-Year Seminars, describing the nature and extent of first-year seminars on American college campuses. Drawn from a broad sample of colleges and universities from every institutional type, control, and size, the survey addresses topics including seminar characteristics…
Descriptors: National Surveys, First Year Seminars, Research Reports, School Support
Peer Leadership: A Primer on Program Essentials. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series No. 32.
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Hamid, Suzanne L., Ed. – 2001
This monograph considers the role of peer leadership in first-year seminars and how they help create successful transitions for incoming students. It explains how they provide meaningful leadership opportunities through various activities on campus. The monograph begins with the history of an educator's experience directing one of the initial…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Leadership Responsibility
The 2003 National Survey of First-Year Seminars: Continuing Innovations in the Collegiate Curriculum. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series No. 41
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Tobolowsky, Barbara F. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2005
This volume reports on the sixth triennial National Survey of First-Year Seminar. Data from more than 600 colleges and universities are analyzed to offer information on the structure, content, and administration of these courses. Changes to the survey capture new information on innovative course practices including using undergraduates as…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, National Surveys, Collegiality