Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs

THE AUTHORS GERALD M. GREENFIELD, a professor emeritus of history at University of Wisconsin, Parkside and long-time director of its teaching and learning center, spent seven years there as a senior administrator in academic affairs. Greenfield led the university's participation in the Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year and organized and chaired their initial First Year Committee. He is accredited as a peer evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission. JENNIFER R. KEUP is the director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience (R) and Students in Transition and also serves as an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. JOHN N. GARDNER is the senior fellow of the National Resource Center, distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina, and president of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. Gardner is the author or coauthor of The Freshman Year Experience, Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student, Helping Sophomores Succeed, The Senior Year Experience, and Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College.

Preface by John N. Gardner xi The Authors xvii Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction: Where Have We Been, and Where are We Going? xxvii 1 High-Impact Pedagogies 1 2 Summer Bridge Programs 21 3 New Student Orientation 43 4 Advising 67 5 First-Year Seminars 89 6 Learning Communities 113 7 Residential Learning Programs 136 8 Developmental Education 157 9 Early Alert Warning Systems 179 10 Probation Initiatives 202 11 Peer Leadership 224 12 Second-Year Transitions 249 Conclusion: Lessons Learned 271 References 277 Index 319