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Direct linkSkipper, Tracy L., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2017
The responsibility for college success has historically rested with the student, but since the 1980s, educators have taken increasing ownership of this, designing structures that increase the likelihood of learning, success, and retention. These efforts have included a variety of initiatives--first year seminars, learning communities,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Academic Achievement, First Year Seminars, Undergraduate Students
Gore, John – ProQuest LLC, 2012
First-year seminar courses have been used by colleges and universities as a means to improve retention rates among college freshmen. While there has been a great deal of research on the impact of the first-year seminar course on retention rates from freshman to sophomore year, there has not been much attention given to the type of instructor…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Faculty, Student Personnel Workers, Comparative Analysis
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Download full textElufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Olson, Joann S., Ed.; Murray-Johnson, Kayon, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2018
The 42st annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2018 and explored the theme, "Quality of Life in Adult Learning." The purpose of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) is to help institutions of higher education develop and sustain learning…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Best Practices
Harran, Marilyn J. – 1990
Chapman College (California) developed a Freshman Seminar Program which provides a rigorous, integrative intellectual experience for students in the first semester of college study. The program's aims were to provide students with a common learning experience, to provide a basic foundation in history, geography, literature and other fields; to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Curriculum Design
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
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This volume contains abstracts of the presentations on the freshman and entering student programs at over 100 colleges, community colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada. Each abstract describes institutional programs and provides a name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional information. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Diversity (Institutional)
