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First Year Research Experience (FYRE): Bringing Research to New Undergraduates
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Seifert, Tricia A.; Oliveri, Christiane; Shaw, Colin A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
This chapter details the First Year Research Experience (FYRE) program at Montana State University, describing the intent and design of the program, as well as how FYRE participants differed in their approaches to learning from non-participants.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Research, College Programs, Program Design
Best Practices for Enculturation: Collegiality, Mentoring, and Structure.
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Boyle, Peg; Boice, Bob – New Directions for Higher Education, 1998
Interviews with 66 students, faculty, and administrators in ten departments of a large public research university revealed a number of factors instrumental in integrating first-year students successfully into graduate programs: a structured departmental orientation complementing the university-wide orientation; a culture of collegiality;…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Faculty, Collegiality, Feedback
Higher Education Doctoral Programs: A Demographic Portrait.
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Nelson, Glenn M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1991
A study of 65 doctoral programs in higher education indicates disturbing trends: (1) mergers into larger academic units; (2) significant decline in student diversity among rather stable populations; and (3) retirement of most tenured faculty within 10 years. Despite continuity and stability overall, these changes suggest a need for unified…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Demography, Doctoral Programs