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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"First-Year Experience Program"”.
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Perceptions of Skill Development in a Living-Learning First-Year Experience Program
… and faculty involved in a living-learning first-year experience program at a small, liberal arts institution about developing skills for life-long learning including critical thinking, written communication, and reflection and engagement across disciplines. The researcher conducted a …
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Relationships Among Mentoring Support and Student Success in a Chinese First-Year Experience Program
… of peer mentoring to solve the problem of first-year students’ retention, which guided significance to solve the dilemma in Chinese private universities.</p> <p>Because of their short history, there have been few quantitative studies on peer mentoring in private colleges in China. To fill …
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Ready for College: Assessing the Influence of Student Engagement on Student Academic Motivation in a First-Year Experience Program
The Virginia Tech Summer Academy (VTSA) Program, developed by through a collaborative partnership between faculty, administrators and staff concerned by attrition among-first year students, was introduced in summer 2012 as a campus initiative to assist first-year college students transition and …
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What Are Students Perceptions Of Their First-Year Experience In Relation To Support They Receive From The Fashion Institute of Technology
… <p>Student affairs professionals view the first-year experience as a beneficial program that assists college students with their academic and personal development. While there have been many qualitative studies (Meyer, Spencer, & French, 2009; Stebleton, Jensen, & Peter, 2010; Corella, …
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Understanding the experience of being a peer advisor in the freshman interest groups program at the University of Missouri
The Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) program at the University of Missouri is a first-year experience program where groups of approximately 20 students live together in a residence hall and are co-enrolled in four courses. By combining residential and academic initiatives the program helps …