PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP, INFORMING PRACTICE, BUILDING CONNECTIONS
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The First-Year Experience Monograph Series
Series
53
Organizing for Student Success
The University College Model
Paperback
May 2010
9781889271705
More details
- Publisher
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition - Published
17th May 2010 - ISBN 9781889271705
- Language English
- Pages 180 pp.
- Size 8.5" x 11"
- Images figures & tables
$20.00
Published in partnership with the Association of Deans & Directors of University Colleges & Undergraduate Studies
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately, university colleges are not only a structure for organizing educational experiences but also a catalyst for creating institutional change. An invaluable resource for first-year experience steering committees, general education reform committees, and other groups or administrators charged with reorganizing and revitalizing the delivery of undergraduate education.
“While the ideas and strategies discussed in this monograph may at first seem more relevant to the university setting, specific examples serve as lessons, provide warnings about pitfalls, and are easily transferable to the small college setting.”
- NACADA Journal
List of Tables and Figures
Preface—Jennifer R. Keup & Carter Hammett-McGarry
Foreword—Betsy O. Barefoot & John N. Gardner
Introduction—Scott E. Evenbeck & Dorothy Ward
Chapter 1: University Colleges: Flexible Structures for Serving Undergraduate Students—Randy L. Swing & Julie S. Alexander-Hamilton
Chapter 2: Collaborations for Entering Student Success—Frank E. Ross & Maggy Smith
Chapter 2 Case Studies
Buffalo State
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Montana State University
University of Akron
University of Texas at El Paso
Chapter 3: Dynamic Engagement With the Undergraduate Curriculum—Barbara Jackson
Chapter 3 Case Studies
Appalachian State University
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Kennesaw State University
The Pennsylvania State University
University of Akron
Chapter 4: Holistic Support for Learning—Dorothy Ward
Chapter 4 Case Studies
Ball State University
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Kennesaw State University
University of Rhode Island
University of Texas at El Paso
Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter 5: Comprehensive University College Assessment: The Importance of Assessing Students’ Needs, Program Processes, and Critical Outcomes—Michele J. Hansen, Scott E. Evenbeck, & Gayle Williams
Chapter 5 Case Studies
Illinois State University
University of Oklahoma
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wright State University
Chapter 6: Resource Management in the University College—Maggy Smith & Scott E. Evenbeck
Chapter 7: The University College: A Context for Student Success and Institutional Change—Scott E. Evenbeck, Maggy Smith, & Dorothy Ward
Appendix A: Responding Institutions
Appendix B: University College Survey
Appendix C: Resources for University College Work
About The Contributors
Barbara Jackson
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Dorothy Ward
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Maggy Smith
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Scott E. Evenbeck
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