Charles C. Schroeder

Freeman A. Hrabowski

Betsy O. Barefoot

Leo M. Lambert

Peter Felten

John N. Gardner

A clear, practical framework for getting higher education back on track The Undergraduate Experience is a guide for significantly improving student learning and institutional performance in the rapidly changing world of higher education. Written by recognized experts in undergraduate education, this book encourages college and university leaders to rethink current practices that fragment the student experience, and to focus on creating powerful, integrated undergraduate learning for all students. Drawing from their own deep experience and the latest research, the authors reveal key principles that enable institutional change and enhance student outcomes in any higher education setting. Coverage includes high-impact practices for engagement, the importance of strategic leadership, the necessity of setting and maintaining high expectations, and insight on fostering excellence through systematic planning. Through its core themes and action principles, this book can be a valuable resource for faculty, staff, administrators, and governing boards at all types of postsecondary institutions. The book provides a practical framework for achieving excellence in undergraduate education by focusing on: Learning Relationships Expectations Alignment Improvement Leadership The value of an undergraduate education is under greater scrutiny than ever before, and campus leaders must be able to convey the value of their institutions to students, boards, donors, and legislators. Is a college or university degree worth the increasing cost? Are today's students academically adrift? What's the difference between a degree and an education? Responding to these questions requires focused action by individuals and institutions. The Undergraduate Experience offers practical guidance for creating and sustaining excellence in the face of disruption and change in higher education.

Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most

The Undergraduate Experience

“As an archetypal student success higher-educator myself, I did not enter this profession intentionally....But my life experiences did prepare me to be very successful at this work. So, what are those experiences, and types of knowledge, insight, skills that equip one to do this kind of work? This book is about encouraging the next generation of successors to use their experiences to become equity warriors within the system.” - John N. GardnerThis book argues that today more than ever we need new and more student success leaders to step forward to make the changes that students need, and it offers the story of one such leader in the belief that it will help others see how they can make their own contribution to this movement. The author relates a story about events and individuals that launched a national and international movement to enable many more college students to proceed beyond the beginning college experience and complete the credential they are seeking. It is also the author’s personal history – how he ended up spending his whole life in college, and how college can make us wiser and more successful than when we started the journey. John Gardner brings 55 years of professional experience to telling this story. He begins with the story of how colleges can and do introduce students to life changing perspectives and ideas. In Gardner’s case it was a matter of being introduced to the question: “what is justice?” and then spending his entire professional life seeking ways to bring justice to underserved college students by making changes from the inside of the higher education system.An on-line compendium accompanies this book, which includes prompts for guided reflection and questions and topics for discussion, as well as additional material on the author’s background and personal philosophy.

The Founder's Journey

Launching the First-Year Experience Movement

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Your College Experience

Libby V. Morris

Marc Cutright

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 Michael J. Siegel

 Randy L. Swing

ثناء على تحقيق وإدامة التفوق المؤسسي للسنة الجامعية الأولى هذا الكتاب يبعث الحياة في النظرية والأبحاث حول نجاح الطلاب. إن المؤسسات الثلاث عشرة التي تشملها هذه الدراسة حول التفوق تقدم نموذجاً إثر نموذج من هيكليات وبرامج دعم طلاب السنة الأولى. إن مؤلفي الكتاب، بدءاً من مجموعات التعلم، وإلى مساقات تجربة السنة الأولى، وإلى برامج القراءة العامة، والتوجيه، وأكثر من ذلك، صنفوا وصوفاً غنية لأفضل الممارسات في مادة قراءة لرؤساء الجامعات، وأصحاب منصب بروفوست، والإداريين الأكاديميين، والمهنيين المختصين بشؤون الطلاب، والهيئة التدريسية، والعاملين في سائر أنواع المؤسسات". جودي ليفين لونغراين، مساعد ثابت البروفوست، جامعة تمبل "بتسي بيرفوت وجون غاردنر يطلعوننا منذ سنوات على أعمال لمصلحة طلاب السنة الأولى، وهما مع زملائهما يقدمون النماذج المفتقدة للمدارس التي تؤدي بالفعل أمراً جيداً". جورج د.كوه، أستاذ مستشار للتعليم العالي ومدير مركز أبحاث مابعد المرحلة الثانوية، جامعة انديانا "في هذا الكتاب الرائع الذي صدر في الوقت المناسب، يؤدي بيرفوت وغاردنر وزملاؤهما خدمة عظيمة للتعليم العالي. إنهم يقدمون نماذج ملموسة ومستندة إلى أدلة لكيفية قيام سلسلة من الكليات والجامعات بإعادة تصميم تجارب السنة الأولى من أجل تلبية حاجات الطلاب وتحسين النجاح. إننا نتعلم مرة أخرى أن القيادة لها أهمية، وأن المعطيات يمكن أن تكون دافعة للتحسن، وأن التركيز الذي لا هوادة فيه وتشجيع التحول سيكون لهما الفوز" كي ماكليني، مدير عملية مسح الكلية الأهلية لارتباط الطلاب، جامعة تكساس في اوستن العبيكان للنشر

Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College

تحقيق التميز المؤسسي وإدامته للسنة الجامعية الأولى

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User-friendly, class tested and authoritatively research-based, Step by Step to College and Career Success offers students proven information and straightforward strategies that they can apply toward their success. The briefest title in the Gardner family of books, the authors have pared away extras and have focused on the most crucial skills and the most important choices students have to make in order to succeed in college and beyond. Step by Step is an accessible text that can be useful to all students at any institution whatever their background or goals. In the fourth edition pressing topics that affect students' lives and how they learn--such as money management, emotional intelligence, technology, and diversity--have been added and expanded within a vibrant, easy-to-navigate new design.

Step by Step to College and Career Success

Written by the leading authorities on the first-year seminar and grounded in research, Your College Experience by John Gardner and Betsy Barefoot offers today’s diverse students the practical help they need to make the transition to college and get the most out of their time there. Goal setting has always been central to this text, and the Tenth Edition has been revised with added coverage and activities to strengthen this material throughout. In addition, a new focus on self-assessment of strengths will help students see where they are already succeeding so that they get off to a great start and stay in college. A full package of instructional support materials — including an Instructor’s Annotated Edition, Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, videos, and a Test Bank — provides new and experienced instructors all the tools they will need to engage students in this course and increase student retention.

Strategies for Success

Authored by three of the nation's leading experts on the first-year experience, this Concise version of Your College Experience presents a straightforward, realistic, and intelligent review of the skills students need to succeed in college. This less expensive, streamlined Concise edition offers an expanded academic focus through added coverage of writing, speaking, the library, research, and information literacy. Particularly relevant to today's students, a new Money chapter discusses managing money, building credit, and financing college. A new chapter on Emotional Intelligence explains what emotional intelligence is, why everyone should understand it, and why it matters in college. A fresh, clean new design eliminates clutter so that students can focus on the important topics.

Your College Experience Concise Edition

Andrew K. Koch

Michael J. Rosenberg

Co-published with img alt="" src="https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/uploads/30375c484a455a6f1bcf87a2c803ba1523e087dc.jpg" At last there is a handbook that everyone in higher education can use to help increase transfer student success. This comprehensive resource has been brought together to meet the need for a truly holistic approach to the transfer experience. The book brings together research, theory, practical applications, programmatic illustrations, case studies, encouragement, and inspiration, and is supplemented by an online compendium for continual updates of resources, case studies, and new developments in the world of transfer. Based on a totally different way of thinking about, understanding, and acting to increase transfer student success, The Transfer Experience goes far beyond the traditional, limited view of transfer as a technical process simply about articulating credits, a stage of student development, or a novel enrollment management strategy. Rather, the book introduces a stimulating array of new perspectives, resources, options, models, and recommendations for addressing the many needs of this huge cohort – making the academic, civic, and social justice cases for improving transfer at both transfer-sending and transfer-receiving institutions.

A Handbook for Creating a More Equitable and Successful Postsecondary System

The Transfer Experience

John Gardner

This book provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, and formative assessment to support individual development and motivate learners. Readers will find research-informed insights from a wide variety of international contexts. The new edition includes chapters on e-assessment, the learner's perspective on assessment and learning, and the influence of assessment on how we value learning.

Assessment and Learning

This Middle-English poem about the moral testing of a young hero is commonly described as the greatest Arthurian romance in our literary tradition. It is a question still as to who the author is, but this poet is considered second only to Chaucer.

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Gerald M. Greenfield

Jennifer R. Keup

Developing and Sustaining Successful First -Year Programs First-year programs and interventions have become critical launching pads for student success and retention in higher education. However, these programs often flounder not because of what they are trying to do, but because of the ways in which they are implemented. Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs offers faculty, academic administrators, and student affairs professionals a comprehensive and practical resource that includes step-by-step guidance for developing new first-year programs and??enhancing existing programs. The book explores the key elements that contribute to sustained student success and the programs that have the capacity to continue to meet student needs while making the most of scarce resources. The authors show how to create and sustain critical partnerships, put in place the needed organizational structures, and include strategies for developing effective assessments and evaluations. Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs is filled with illustrative examples and profiles of successful programs from a range of institutions that vary in size, type, selectivity, and culture. Examples of common programs and interventions include summer bridge programs, student orientation, first-year seminars, learning communities, residential programs, developmental education, and many more. Based in scholarly literature, theory, and practice, the book highlights the initiatives that facilitate the transition, learning, development, and success of new college students.

John N. Gardner

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