Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780805848151 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 240 str.

Robert S. Feldman

Opis

In an effort to understand the factors affecting first-year college students and to improve their academic and social experiences, Feldman (U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) has compiled nine essays by researchers and student-service providers. Appealing to college administrators, advisors, and student services personnel, topics include crucial first-y

Recenzje

"This book is a valuable addition to the available literature on the first year....the topics selected for inclusion are important for consideration not only by educators who work directly with first-year students, but also by those who determine educational policy at the institutional, state, and national levels."

—Journal of College Student Development

"Each chapter is competently written and appear's to fulfill the editor's charge to link research, theory, and application. Those in student services and those with direct responsibilities for freshman may find useful research here..."
—PsycCRITIQUES

"The volume offers a compelling combination of empirical research and theoretical underpinnings to examine and explain the issues [of the first-year experience], and explicitly considers the implications of findings for institutional practice. ...this highly readable volume offers contemporary perspectives on the first-year experience. It would be a useful reference for anyone responsible for planning and/or assessing first-year programs and services."
—The Electronic Air

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: First-Year Student Decisions. J.E. King, Academic Success and Financial Decisions: Helping Students Make Crucial Choices. J. Cuseo, "Decided," "Undecided," and "In Transition": Implications for Academic Advisement, Career Counseling, and Student Retention. Part II: Diversity and the First Year of College. R.L. Pope, T.A. Miklitsch, M.J. Weigand, First-Year Students: Embracing Their Diversity, Enhancing Our Practice. B.(R.) Nagda, P. Gurin, S.M. Johnson, Living, Doing, and Thinking Diversity: How Does Pre-College Diversity of Experience Affect First-Year Students' Engagement With College Diversity? Part III: Assessing First-Year Outcomes. E.T. Pascarella, Cognitive Impacts of the First Year of College. J.H. Schuh, Assessing Programs and Other Student Experiences Designed to Enrich the First Year Experience. Part IV: Cutting-Edge Approaches to Engendering First-Year College Success. C.R. Poirier, R.S. Feldman, Going Online: Promoting Student Success Via Distance Learning. J.W. Petschauer, C. Wallace, Engaging the First-Year Student. J.L. Laufgraben, Building Learning Communities for First-Year Students.

O autorze

Robert S. Feldman