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Author Upcraft, M. Lee.

Title Challenging and supporting the first-year student : a handbook for improving the first year of college / M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Central Library - Circulating Collection  LB2343.3 .U63 2005    Available
Edition First edition.
Description xxx, 607 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-580) and indexes.
Contents Table of contents: Introduction: the first year of college revisited / M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot -- PART ONE: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TODAY'S FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AND INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP THEM SUCCEED: Today's first-year students / Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler -- The keys to first-year student persistence / Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, M. Lee Upcraft -- Current institutional practice in the first college year / Betsy O. Barefoot -- PART TWO: RECRUITING AND CHALLENGING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS: The enrollment management process / Don Hossler, Douglas K. Anderson -- Student engagement in the first year of college / George D. Kuh -- Expectations and performance / Karen Maitland Schilling, Karl L. Schilling -- PART THREE: CREATING CAMPUS CULTURES FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENT SUCCESS: Fostering first-year success of underrepresented minorities / Freeman A. Hrabowski III -- The realities of diversity and the campus climate for first-year students / W. Terrell Jones -- Building the foundation for first-year student success in public, urban universities: a case study / Diana S. Natalucio, Maggy Smith -- Inviting first-year student success: a president's perspective / Betty L. Siegel -- Advocating for first-year students / Jay Chaskes, Ralph G. Anttonen -- Colllaborative partnerships between academic and student affairs / Charles C. Schroeder -- Technology and today's first-year students / Reynol Junco -- PART FOUR: CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM: Inside the first-year classroom: challenges and constraints / Bette LeSere Erickson, Diane W. Strommer -- Faculty development and the first year / Scott E. Evenbeck, Barbara Jackson -- First-year seminars / Mary Stuart Hunter, Carrie W. Linder -- Developmental education / Jeanne L. Higbee -- Supplemental instruction / Deanna C. Martin, Maureen Hurley -- Academic advising / Margaret C. King, Thomas J. Kerr -- The place of the library versus the Library as place / Margit Misangyi Watts -- Service-learning and the first-year student / Edward Zlotkowski -- Learning communities / Jodi Levine Laufgraben -- PART FIVE: CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM: Designing orientation programs / Richard H. Mullendore, Leslie A. Banahan -- First-year student living environments / William J. Zeller -- Student support services / John H. Schuh -- The first-year experience and alcohol use / Philip W. Meilman, Cheryl A. Presley -- PART SIX: ASSESSING THE FIRST COLLEGE YEAR: Assessing the first year of college / M. Lee Upcraft -- A beginner's guide for assessing the first college year / M. Lee Upcraft, Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler, Randy L. Swing -- Choosing and using assessment instruments / Randy L. Swing, M. Lee Upcraft -- Conclusion: Principles of good practice for the first college year and summary of recommendations / John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, Betsy O. Barefoot.
Subject College student orientation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added Author Gardner, John N.
Barefoot, Betsy O. (Betsy Overman), 1944-
Cover Title Challenging & supporting the first-year student
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