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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

Designing Successful Transitions: A Guide for Orienting Students to College. 2nd Edition. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series.

Ward-Roof, Jeanine A., Ed.; Hatch, Cathie, Ed. – 2003

This monograph contains 15 papers on aspects of college and university student and family orientation programs. Following a prologue, "Reflections on the Future of Orientation," by M. Lee Upcraft, the papers are: (1) "Today's Students and Their Impact on Orientation and First-Year Programs" (Tony W. Cawthon and Michael Miller);…

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Diversity (Student), Educational Trends, First Year Seminars

Designing Successful Transitions: A Guide for Orienting Students to College. The Freshman Year Experience. Monograph Series Number 13.

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Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1993

This monograph contains 14 papers on all aspects of college and university student and family orientation programs. The papers are: (1) "Orienting Today's Students" by M. Lee Upcraft; (2) "Theoretical Perspectives on Orientation" by Michael Dannells; (3) "Trends and Issues in Orientation Programs" by Gerry Strumpf and…

Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Programs, College Role