The Empirical Case for First-Year Seminars: Well-Documented Effects on Student Retention & Academic Achievement


Campus-Wide Benefits of the First-Year Seminar: Potential Systemic Effects on Institutional Quality


Research Recommendations on the Effects of Student Participation in the Freshman Seminar on Outcomes


Capitalizing on Student Diversity to Promote Deeper Learning and Greater Appreciation of Individual Differences: Research-Based Teaching Strategies for College Faculty


Persuasion Through Logic & Reason: The Conceptual Case ofr the First-Year Seminar


Credit for FYE


Course Content


Holistic First-year Seminar


Core Learning Principles for Promoting Student Retention & Academic Achievement


Assessment of First-Year Seminar: Research-Based Guideleines for Course & Program Evaluation


The Case for Faculty-Student Contact Outside the Classroom


Evaluating New-Student Seminars & Other First-Year Courses via Course-Evaluation Surveys: Research-Based Recommendations Regarding Instrument Construction & Administration, Data Analysis, Data Summary, & Reporting Results




Opening Talk to Summer Institute on First-Year Assessment


A National Study of First-Year Seminar Learning Outcomes, The First-Year Initiative (FYI), a benchmarking survey, Conducted Fall, 2001


First Year Benchmarking Survey Questions


The Reinvention Center � FYE Resources


Research Universities Project - FYE


FYE Listserv


First-Year Assessment Listserv -FYA


Great FREE Online FYE Content Sites


First-Year Seminar Pages at Colleges and Universities


Suggested Readings on The First-Year Year Experience


Resource List of Current First-Year Seminar Texts


Symposium on the First-Year Experience Process Approach to Research



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