This mechanism will maintain close contact between first year students and their advisors. The extra time in these courses will allow for skills building . Instructors will be able to work closely with instructors from the library, quantitative skills program, and the writing program. Advanced students will be trained to work as course readers and writing tutors. Research projects and papers should begin in the first term and continue into the second so that students are eager to continue with the second semester.
Continuity needs to be made a part of the culture.
Course completion is a graduation requirement . All students must successfully complete one ID sequence. I equal completion of this course and some other grouping of 100 and 200 courses to be determined. However, this course forms the basis of skills assessment and readiness for Division II, since the student's work in this class is closely followed. The college should develop a stronger, more rigorous and differentiated 200 level curriculum as the ID seminars carry more of the burden of the first year.