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CONNECT: Breaking down Barriers in Public Higher Education
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Olendzenski, Michael – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2008
In this article, the author reflects on his experiences as a participant to the first CONNECT First-Year Writing Group seminar. It describes the development of collegiality and the positive results of professional synergy within a group of English professors from three community colleges, a state college, a university, and a maritime academy in…
Descriptors: Barriers, Public Colleges, Higher Education, First Year Seminars
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
Politics of Persuasion: Establishing a New Freshman Seminar with Full Academic Credit.
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Smitheram, Verner – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1989
This paper discusses theories and practices of the politics of curriculum reform tested while working to establish a freshman seminar course at the University of Prince Edward Island. The step-by-step procedure for negotiating the approval process is relevant to all types of curriculum reform. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Change, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Collegiality