National Resource Center For The First Year Experience imprint: 6 books

Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives

First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities

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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

Published in partnership with the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate EducationFirst-year seminars and learning communities are two of the most commonly offered high-impact practices on U.S. campuses. The goals of these initiatives are similar: helping students make connections...

Student Development in the First College Year

A Primer for College Educators

by Tracy L. Skipper
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2005

Student Development in the First College Year provides a detailed overview of some of the most commonly referenced theories of learning and development in the college years. What sets this primer apart from other treatments of student development theory is its careful attention to the first college...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017

Published in partnership with NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising Academic advisors help students learn to make the most of their college years, not merely by completing requirements toward a degree but also by growing intellectually and developing all aspects of their identity....

Thriving in Transitions

A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success

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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012

Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success represents a paradigm shift in the student success literature. Grounded in positive psychology, the thriving concept reframes the student success conversation by focusing on the characteristics amenable to change and that...

What’s Next for Student Veterans?

Moving From Transition to Academic Success

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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017

With the passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008, more than 1.4 million service members and their families became eligible for higher education benefits, and veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan enrolled in colleges and universities in record numbers. The first wave of research about these...

Paths to Learning

Teaching for Engagement in College

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Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014

Higher education institutions are more diverse than ever before, as are the students they serve. Because of this great diversity, there is no silver bullet—one approach—that will work for teaching all students in all circumstances. This book offers a succinct description of several pedagogical...
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