The National Resource Center hosts conferences, institutes, and other events
each year to address current trends and issues affecting college students
in transition. The Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience focuses
on first-year student programs and initiatives. The Center also offers two
other annual meetings. The National Conference on Students in Transition
addresses issues beyond the first year, and the International Conference on
The First-Year Experience provides an international forum for discussion of
the first college year. National institutes are held annually on specific topics
related to the first college year and students in transition field. In addition to these events, the Center presents institutes and workshops to assist educators in their efforts to serve their campus' students in transition.
The National Resource Center also offers online courses on topics of interest
in the first-year experience and students in transition field. The courses are
designed to come as close as possible to providing students with the same
course content and opportunities for interaction with classmates and with
the instructor as traditional (i.e. classroom-based) courses as well as take
advantage of pedagogy and teaching techniques that are not possible or
uncommon in a traditional format. The courses utilize tools such as email,
threaded discussions/forums, listservs, and blogs.
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