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Download full textSouth Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1995
This volume contains a compilation of 68 abstracts by presenters from various nations at a 5-day conference on the first year college student experience. Among the topics considered were: advising and assessment programs; preparing freshmen for work, family, and private life; integrating reentry women in the college community; evaluating…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Experience, First Year Seminars, Foreign Countries
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings contain 68 author-prepared abstracts of presentations given at the Seventh International Conference on the First-Year Experience, a 5-day conference that focused on the foundations for improving the undergraduate experience. The majority of the one- to two-page abstracts report on specific programs undertaken by colleges or…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Freshmen, College Programs, Cultural Awareness
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This document presents the program and proceedings of a national forum on new students with disabilities and includes abstracts of presentations by 22 institutions as well as specific conference information. The following institutions are represented: (1) Algonquin College (Ontario, Canada), (2) Austin Peay State University (Tennessee), (3)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
This publication contains a collection of 95 abstracts of presentations on college student transitions, particularly those of freshmen, transfer students, and seniors. Each abstract is designed to give the reader a short summary of a presentation and to provide the name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Freshmen, College Instruction
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition. – 1996
These proceedings focus on the foundations for improving the undergraduate experience, especially college programs and activities designed for freshmen and new students. It includes 116 abstracts of seminars, poster sessions, workshops, and other programs developed by faculty and institutions to improve the undergraduate experience. The abstracts…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, College Curriculum, College Freshmen
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings report on a 1994 conference on the planning, implementing, and refining of programs designed to enhance the first-year experience of college students in urban settings. Early sections detail conference aims, background and policies. One section describes workshops on various topics, provides a profile on the keynote speaker, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Economically Disadvantaged
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This volume contains abstracts of the presentations on the freshman and entering student programs at over 100 colleges, community colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada. Each abstract describes institutional programs and provides a name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional information. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Diversity (Institutional)
