Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College - neues Buch

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780470730645
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0470730641
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Herausgeber: Wiley
480 Seiten
Sprache: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9780470730645

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Autor des Buches: barefoot, charles siegel, michael schwartz, charles morris, marc siegel, marc schroeder, john gardner

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Autor/in: Betsy O. Barefoot; John N. Gardner; Marc Cutright; Libby V. Morris; Charles C. Schroeder; Stephen W. Schwartz; Michael J. Siegel; Randy L. Swing
Titel: Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College
Verlag: Jossey-Bass; John Wiley & Sons
480 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010-09-27
Sprache: Englisch
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Foreword xiii Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv About the Authors xxvii 1 On Being Named an Institution of Excellence in the First College Year: The Process and the Places 1 2 Research Methods 19 Part One: Case Studies of Two-Year Institutions 33 3 The Community College of Denver: A Second Family for the First-Year Student 35 Marc Cutright, Randy L. Swing 4 LaGuardia Community College: A Window on the World 59 Betsy O. Barefoot, Michael J. Siegel Part Two: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with Fewer Than 2,000 Students 85 5 The First Year at Eckerd College: Responsible Innovation 87 Stephen W. Schwartz, Michael J. Siegel 6 Kalamazoo College: No Stone Left Unturned 113 Stephen W. Schwartz, Randy L. Swing Part Three: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 2,000 to 5,000 Students 143 7 Drury University: Balancing Intellectual Rigor with Intrusive Personal Support in the First Year 145 Charles C. Schroeder, Randy L. Swing 8 Elon University: Transforming Education Through a Community of Inquiry and Engagement 166 Libby V. Morris, Randy L. Swing 9 West Point and the Plebe-Year Experience: The Long Gray Line 191 Michael J. Siegel, John N. Gardner Part Four: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 5,000 to 10,000 Students 217 10 Lehman College of the City University of New York: Excellence in the Bronx 219 John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot 11 The First Year at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi: Starting with a Clean Slate 243 Michael J. Siegel, Marc Cutright Part Five: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with 10,000 to 20,000 Students 271 12 Appalachian State University: High Standards for the First Year in North Carolina's High Country 273 John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot 13 The Story of Ball State University: "Everything Students Need" 299 Randy L. Swing, Marc Cutright Part Six: Case Studies of Four-Year Institutions with More Than 20,000 Students 323 14 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: Success and the City 325 Marc Cutright, Michael J. Siegel 15 University of South Carolina: Creator and Standard-Bearer for the First-Year Experience 349 Libby V. Morris, Marc Cutright Part Seven: Conclusion 377 16 Findings and Recommendations 379 Epilogue: Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year 397 Appendix A: All Participants in the Institutions of Excellence Study (N = 130) 403 Appendix B: Initial Letter of Invitation to Participate in the Institutions of Excellence Project 409 Appendix C: Semifinalists 415 Appendix D: Letter to Semifinalists 419 Appendix E: Announcement Letter to Thirteen Institutions of Excellence 423 Appendix F: Research Subject Information and Consent Form 427 References 431 Index 433