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Challenging and supporting the first-year student : a handbook for improving the first year of college / M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot.

By: Upcraft, M. Lee.
Contributor(s): Gardner, John N | Barefoot, Betsy O. (Betsy Overman), 1944-.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxx, 607 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0787959685 (hbk.); 9780787959685 (hbk.).Other title: Challenging & supporting the first-year student [Cover title].Subject(s): College student orientation -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 378.198
Partial contents:
Part One; What we know about today's first-year students and institutional efforts to help them succeed -- Part two: Recruiting and challenging first-year students -- Part three: Creating campus cultures for first-year student success -- Part four: Challenging and supporting first-year students in the classroom -- Part five: Challenging and supporting first-year students outside the classroom -- Part six: Assessing the first college year.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-580) and index.

Part One; What we know about today's first-year students and institutional efforts to help them succeed -- Part two: Recruiting and challenging first-year students -- Part three: Creating campus cultures for first-year student success -- Part four: Challenging and supporting first-year students in the classroom -- Part five: Challenging and supporting first-year students outside the classroom -- Part six: Assessing the first college year.