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Peer reviewedSoldner, Laura; Lee, Yvonne; Duby, Paul – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
To assist integration of incoming freshman into the academic environment, improve social acclimation, and increase student retention, Northern Michigan University created a first-year experience program with community as its central focus. Its key to success is the use of block scheduling, combining a freshman seminar with other classes. Pilot…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Block Scheduling, College Freshmen, College Students
Download full textCrawford, Elizabeth; Torgesen, Joseph – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
One of the most critical needs in Florida's "Reading First" schools is to improve the effectiveness of interventions for struggling readers. For example, during the 2005-2006 school year, only 17% of first grade students who began the year at some level of risk for reading difficulties finished the year with grade level skills on the…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3, Grade 2
