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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
Colllaborating 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 constraits / Bette LeSere Erickson, Diane W. Strommer
Faculty development and the first year / Scott E. Evenbeck, Barbara Jackson
First-year seminars / Mary Stuart Hunter, Carrie 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. Mellman, 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.
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
Colllaborating 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 constraits / Bette LeSere Erickson, Diane W. Strommer
Faculty development and the first year / Scott E. Evenbeck, Barbara Jackson
First-year seminars / Mary Stuart Hunter, Carrie 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. Mellman, 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.