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Residence Life and the New Student Experience, 3rd Edition. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series No. 5
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Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Residence Hall Assistants in College: A Guide to Selection, Training, and Supervision. First Edition. The Jossey-Bass Series in Higher Education.
Upcraft, M. Lee; Pilato, Guy T. – 1982
A proven model for screening prospective residence hall assistants (RAs), training them in critical interpersonal and leadership skills, selecting the best candidates, and giving them strong supervisory support on the job is presented in this comprehensive guide. After an introductory chapter on the historical context within which RAs operate…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education
Learning to Be a Residence Assistant: A Manual for Effective Participation in the Training Program. First Edition. The Jossey-Base Series in Higher Education.
Upcraft, M. Lee; And Others – 1982
A comprehensive guide on learning to become a resident hall assistant (RA) is presented; it is directed purposefully toward the trainee, and is to be used in conjunction with a training session. Chapters include: (1) "Roles and Responsibilities of a Resident Assistant"--what the scope of the RA job involves, how to use this manual, and what RAs…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education, Job Training