Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College - (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education) (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <i>Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in the First Year of College</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>It has been documented that a student who makes a successful transition in the first year of college is more likely to persist and graduate. In recent years, efforts to improve the experience of first-year college students have greatly improved. <p>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. <i>Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in the First Year of College</i> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Betsy Barefoot</b> is co-director of the Policy Center on the First Year of College, and directed the publications center for the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina for 11 years. <p><b>John Gardner</b> is executive director of the Policy Center on the First Year of College and was the founder of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. He has co-authored three other books with Jossey-Bass.</p> <p><b>Marc Cutright</b> is assistant professor of higher education at Ohio University and a research fellow of the Policy Center on the First Year of College.</p> <p><b>Libby Morris</b> is associate professor of higher education and interim director, Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. She is editor of the <i>Journal of Innovative Higher Education</i>.</p> <p><b>Charles Schroeder</b> is a senior executive with Noel-Levitz and cofounder of Jossey-Bass' <i>About Campus</i> magazine.</p> <p><b>Stephen Schwartz</b> is a visiting senior fellow at the Policy Center on the First Year of College.</p> <p><b>Michael Siegel</b> is a research associate for the Policy Center on the First Year of College.</p> <p><b>Randy Swing</b> is codirector of the Policy Center on the First Year of College.</p>
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