Books published by National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition

Focuses on supporting LGBTQ+ students on campus. This volume explores the last decade of research on LGBTQ+ college students with an eye toward understanding their needs and the unique conditions related to their college success.

In recent years, growth mindset, resilience, and belonging have become popular topics for research and practice among college educators. The authors of this volume aim to deepen the conversation around these non-cognitive factors that significantly impact student success.

The case studies of sophomore initiatives featured in this volume describe programs that build on institutional objectives for the first college year and prepare students for the transition to the major and, ultimately, graduation.

Includes an overview of institutional attention to the first year and the prevalence of and connections between first-year programs, a review of the results relating to selected first-year programs, and implications for practice and future research.

Approaching disability from the perspective of difference, the authors of this new volume offer guidance on creating more inclusive learning environments on campus so that all students - whether or not they have a recognised disability - have the opportunity to succeed.

Using Kuh and O'Donnell's eight conditions of effective educational initiatives as a framework, the authors of this volume describe the structure, pedagogy, and assessment strategies that lead to high-quality seminars. Introductory and concluding essays examine the structural conditions that are likely to support educational effectiveness in the seminar.