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Fundamentals of Communication and First Year Success Seminar: Perspective from a Faculty Member of Linked Courses.
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Dick, Robert C. – 1998
During recent years, colleges and universities have developed first-year seminars for students entering as freshmen, and some of these seminars are linked with disciplinary courses in a learning community. For 2 years, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has had a one-credit-hour university orientation course entitled…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, First Year Seminars
The Urban First Year Experience: Building Community Benefits Faculty and Other University Professionals and Serves Students Well.
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Evenbeck, Scott E.; Foster, Mary C. – 1996
This paper describes efforts by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to develop programs to serve the needs of first-year students, focusing on collaborative efforts across the university system to retain nontraditional and underrepresented students. The School of Liberal Arts Faculty Mentor Program links a first-year seminar…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction