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Laufgraben, Jodi Levine – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2006
Common reading programs are becoming a ubiquitous component of first-year experience initiatives. Sometimes controversial, these programs are designed to provide students an introduction to the intellectual expectations of college in an often-informal gathering of college faculty and peers. Yet, truly dynamic and successful programs move beyond…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Discussion Groups, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Kissinger, Daniel B., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Publicity
Ciofalo, Andrew, Ed. – 1992
The 31 papers in this book ar grouped into 5 sections, of which the first consists of an introductory essay by A. Ciofalo, "What Every Professor and Worksite Supervisor Should Know about Internships." Section 2, on learning from experience, contains "Perspectives on Learning in Internships" (D. T. Moore); "Integrating the Traditions of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Garland, Peter H.; Grace, Thomas W. – 1993
The efforts of college and university student affairs professionals, who aim to improve student life, integrate new student groups, and attract and retain students, are becoming critical to institutions attempting to maintain enrollments of qualified students, ensure academic achievement, place graduates, and develop supportive alumni. Changes in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, College Students, Educational Change
Hood, Albert B.; Arceneaux, Cathann – 1990
Significant literature produced since 1980 on all aspects of student personnel services is reviewed and presented in annotated bibliography form. Over 600 citations are included, contained in separate sections on these topics: the emergence of student services practice and literature; growth of the student services profession; student…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, College Admission
Masters, Lowell F.; And Others – 1993
This revised text on teaching junior and senior high school students with mild learning and behavior problems is intended to provide a reference for practical and proven ideas. Principles of the instructional approach advocated include: outcome-based educational programming inclusive of learning strategies and career education; use of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Career Education, Compensatory Education