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Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College
"This book brings to life the theory and research on student success. The thirteen campuses profiled in this study of excellence offer example after example of structures and programs to support first-year students. From learning communities to first-year experience courses to common reading programs, orientation, and more, these authors have compiled rich descriptions of best practices into a must-read for presidents, provosts, academic administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and staff across institutional types." "Betsy Barefoot and John Gardner have been telling us for years what works for first-year students. Now they and their colleagues provide the missing link–examples of schools that actually do it well!" "In this wonderfully timely book, Barefoot, Gardner, and their colleagues do higher education a great service. They provide concrete, evidence-based examples of how a diverse array of colleges and universities are redesigning first-year experiences to meet the needs of students and promote their success. We learn again that leadership matters, that data can drive improvement, and that relentless focus and the courage to transform will win the day." "Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College is destined to become a classic, a vital handbook for every college and university which aspires to maximize the life-changing possibilities for America's first-year students." "At last, a book that offers research-based frameworks for first-year student success that include all types of institutions, regardless of the differences in their missions and the diversity of their students."
--Jodi Levine Laufgraben, associate vice provost, Temple University
--George D. Kuh, Chancellor's Professor of Higher Education and director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
--Kay McClenney, director, Community College Survey of Student Engagement, University of Texas at Austin
--David Warren, president, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
--M. Lee Upcraft, affiliate professor emeritus and assistant vice president emeritus for student affairs, Penn State University
Betsy O. Barefoot (Author), John N. Gardner (Author), Marc Cutright (Author), Libby V. Morris (Author), Charles C. Schroeder (Author), Stephen W. Schwartz (Author), Michael J. Siegel (Author), Randy L. Swing (Author)
9780787971519, Wiley
Hardback, published 8 April 2005
480 pages
28 x 22.4 x 4.3 cm, 2.245 kg
In 2002, the Policy Center on the First Year of College (supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and Lumina Foundation for Education) sponsored a project to recognize colleges and universities as "Institutions of Excellence" in their design and execution of the first year. Thirteen colleges and universities—representing a broad spectrum of campus types—were selected as exceptional institutions that place a high priority on the first-year experience. Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in the First Year of College includes case studies of each of the thirteen exemplary institutions. These studies illustrate and analyze the colleges’ best practices in teaching, assessing, and retaining first-year college students. The individual case studies offer lessons learned and have broad potential application beyond the particular type of institution represented.
Foreword xiii Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv About the Authors xxvii 1 On Being Named an Institution of Excellence in the First College Year: The Process and the Places 1 2 Research Methods 19 Part One: Case Studies of Two-Year Institutions 33 3 The Community College of Denver: A Second Family for the First-Year Student 35 4 LaGuardia Community College: A Window on the World 59 Part Two: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with Fewer Than 2,000 Students 85 5 The First Year at Eckerd College: Responsible Innovation 87 6 Kalamazoo College: No Stone Left Unturned 113 Part Three: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 2,000 to 5,000 Students 143 7 Drury University: Balancing Intellectual Rigor with Intrusive Personal Support in the First Year 145 8 Elon University: Transforming Education Through a Community of Inquiry and Engagement 166 9 West Point and the Plebe-Year Experience: The Long Gray Line 191 Part Four: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 5,000 to 10,000 Students 217 10 Lehman College of the City University of New York: Excellence in the Bronx 219 11 The First Year at Texas A&M University– Corpus Christi: Starting with a Clean Slate 243 12 Appalachian State University: High Standards for the First Year in North Carolina’s High Country 273 13 The Story of Ball State University: “Everything Students Need” 299 Part Six: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with More Than 20,000 Students 323 14 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: Success and the City 325 15 University of South Carolina: Creator and Standard-Bearer for the First-Year Experience 349 Part Seven: Conclusion 377 16 Findings and Recommendations 379 Epilogue: Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year 397 Appendix A: All Participants in the Institutions of Excellence Study (N = 130) 403 Appendix B: Initial Letter of Invitation to Participate in the Institutions of Excellence Project 409 Appendix C: Semifinalists 415 Appendix D: Letter to Semifinalists 419 Appendix E: Announcement Letter to Thirteen Institutions of Excellence 423 Appendix F: Research Subject Information and Consent Form 427 References 431 Index 433
Marc Cutright, Randy L. Swing
Betsy O. Barefoot, Michael J. Siegel
Stephen W. Schwartz, Michael J. Siegel
Stephen W. Schwartz, Randy L. Swing
Charles C. Schroeder, Randy L. Swing
Libby V. Morris, Randy L. Swing
Michael J. Siegel, John N. Gardner
John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot
Michael J. Siegel, Marc Cutright
Part Five: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 10,000 to 20,000 Students 271
John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot
Randy L. Swing, Marc Cutright
Marc Cutright, Michael J. Siegel
Libby V. Morris, Marc Cutright
Subject Areas: Education [JN]