Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student
Subtitle: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
Contributors: M. Lee Upcraft (Editor); John N. Gardner (Editor); Betsy O. Barefoot (Editor)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: October 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780787959685
Subjects: Higher & further education; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Undergraduate Departments; Education; Education / Teaching; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Education / Administration; Administration - General; College student orientation
First sentence: In spite of substantial evidence to the contrary, the myth remains that first-year students are primarily middle class, eighteen years old, single, fresh out of high school, studying full time, enrolled in a four-year college, living away from home for the first time, meeting traditional standards of academic preparedness, and graduating in four years.