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From Orientation Needs to Developmental Realities: The Honors First-Year Seminar in a National Context
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Vander Zee, Anton; Folds-Bennett, Trisha; Meyer-Bernstein, Elizabeth; Reardon, Brendan – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
The transition into college remains one of the most formative and complex phases in an individual's life. Institutions of higher learning have responded to the challenges facing first-year students in myriad ways, most often by offering summer orientation programs, dynamic living-learning environments, tailored academic and psychological support…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Honors Curriculum, School Orientation
Using Assessment as a Basis for the Articulation of Transfer Students.
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Ratcliff, James L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
A study used the Coursework Cluster Analysis Model to assess comparability of community college and lower-division courses taken by 76 transfer students and 168 "native" students at Southern University (Louisiana). Results indicate that the different student abilities and backgrounds and different institutions produced different kinds of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Small Schools: Let's Take Advantage of Our Size.
Parrett, William H. – Small School Forum, 1984
Educational frameworks to accommodate rural America are designed around the concept of smallness and incorporate basic skill development through programed instruction, individual projects, use of volunteers, cross-age tutoring, and computer study. Other areas of focus include community involvement, practical skills, familiarization with the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Support, Competency Based Education, Cross Age Teaching