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 instructors, incorporating service-learning, linking the seminar with other courses, and teaching all or part of the seminar online. Following a foreword (Betsy O. Barefoot) and an introduction (Barbara F. Tobolowsky), eight chapters include: (1) The First-Year Seminar: An Historical Perspective (Marla Mamrick); (2) Survey Methodology; (3) A Two-Year and Four-Year Institutional Comparison; (4) Teaching in First-Year Seminars; (5) Assessment and the First-Year Seminar; (6) New Explorations Into Today's First-Year Seminar; (7) Overview of Survey Responses (Bradley E. Cox); and (8) Summary of Selected Findings. Three appendixes follow: (1) Survey Instrument; (2) Respondents to the 2003 National Survey on First-Year Seminars; and (3) Proprietary Institutions. Contributor information is also included. (Contains 107 tables; individual chapters contain references.) [This publication was written with Marla Mamrick and Bradley E. Cox.]