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Download full textJaijairam, Paul – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
First-Year Seminar (FYS) is an introductory class offered to first-year students to help them acclimate to the college environment, develop effective strategies for studying, and learn techniques that will allow them to swiftly complete small assignments and sizable research projects. In 2014, approximately 80 percent of universities offered FYS,…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, School Orientation, School Holding Power
Direct linkRomano, Christopher; Connell, Joseph F. – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2015
We, as educators, expect students to connect the dots and experience our institutions through a variety of lenses; we must organize ourselves in a way that places synergy, collaboration, and data-driven decisions at the center of our operations. Over the past three years, Ramapo College has worked diligently to ensure that strategy drives the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Case Studies, College Faculty, Teacher Role
Hong, Carrie Eunyoung; Mongillo, Geraldine; Wilder, Hilary – Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study explored how college freshmen at a mid-sized public university in north-eastern United States used Twitter, an anytime/anywhere writing technology, to support and promote the writing process by using tweets as a pre-writing activity. Two of the authors taught a joint course of First Year Seminar and Basic Reading in which the same group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
Boice-Pardee, Heath P.; Shirvanian, Daniel S. – About Campus, 2004
In 2000, Rutgers College launched a First-Year Interest Group Seminar (FIGS) program that offers entering new students an opportunity to engage in conversations on topics of mutual interest (health and medicine, business, or law) as well as learn about how to navigate a large Research-I institution. Each student involved in FIGS enrolls in a…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Peer Teaching, Undergraduate Students, Training
