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An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preface and Acknowledgments
Authors and Contributors
Introduction: The First Year of College Revisited

Part 1 What We Know about Today's First-Year Students and Institutional Efforts to Help Them Succeed
ch. 1 Today's First-Year Students (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler)
ch. 2 The Keys to First-Year Student Persistence (Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler and M. Lee Upcraft)
ch. 3 Current Institutional Practice in the First College Year (Betsy O. Barefoot)

Part 2 Recruiting and Challenging First-Year Students
ch. 4 The Enrollment Management Process (Don Hossler and Douglas K. Anderson)
ch. 5 Student Engagement in the First Year of College (George D. Kuh)
ch. 6 Expectations and Performance (Karen Maitland Schilling and Karl L. Schilling)

Part 3 Creating Campus Cultures for First-Year Student Success
ch. 7 Fostering First-Year Success of Underrepresented Minorities (Freeman A. Hrabowski III)
ch. 8 The Realities of Diversity and the Campus Climate for First-Year Students (W. Terrell Jones)
ch. 9 Building the Foundation for First-Year Student Success in Public, Urban Universities: A Case Study (Diana S. Natalicio and Maggy Smith)
ch. 10 Inviting First-Year Student Success: A President's Perspective (Betty L. Siegel)
ch. 11 Advocating for First-Year Students (Jay Chaskes and Ralph G. Anttonen)
ch. 12 Collaborative Partnerships Between Academic and Student Affairs (Charles C. Schroeder)
ch. 13 Technology and Today's First-Year Students (Reynol Junco)

Part 4 Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students in the Classroom
ch. 14 Inside the First-Year Classroom: Challenges and Constraints (Bette LaSere Erickson and Diane W. Strommer)
ch. 15 Faculty Development and the First Year (Scott E. Evenbeck)
ch. 16 First-Year Seminars (Mary Stuart Hunter and Carrie W. Linder)
ch. 17 Developmental Education (Jeanne L. Higbee)
ch. 18 Supplemental Instruction (Deanna C. Martin and Maureen Hurley)
ch. 19 Academic Advising (Margaret C. King and Thomas J. Kerr)
ch. 20 The Place of the Library Versus the Library as Place (Margit Misangy Watts)
ch. 21 Service-Learning and the First-Year Student (Edward Zlotkowski)
ch. 22 Learning Communities (Jodi Levine Laufgraben)

Part 5 Challenging and Supporting First-Year Students Outside the Classroom
ch. 23 Designing Orientation Programs (Richard H. Mullendore and Leslie A Banahan)
ch. 24 First-Year Student Living Environments (William J. Zeller)
ch. 25 Student Support Services (John H. Schuh)
ch. 26 The First-Year Experience and Alcohol Use (Philip W. Meilman and Cheryl A. Presley)

Part 6 Assessing the First College Year
ch. 27 Assessing the First Year of College (M. Lee Upcraft)
ch. 28 A Beginner's Guide for Assessing the First College Year(M. Lee Upcraft, Jennifer L. Crissman Ishler and Randy L. Swing)
ch. 29 Choosing and Using Assessment Instruments (Randy L. Swing and M. Lee Upcraft)

Conclusion: Principles of Good Practice for the First College Year and Summary of Recommendations
References (John N. Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft and Betsy O. Barefoot)
Name Index
Subject Index