Session Handouts
18th International Conference on The First-Year Experience
July 11-14, 2005
University of Southampton
Southampton, England

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Note: Session numbers listed are according to the conference program

Session I-3
LEARNING WITH PEERS: LESSONS FROM TWO PROGRAMS

Session C-5
HOW A FERTILE QUESTION LED TO ABUNDANT ANSWERS: SOWING THE CURRICULAR SEEDS OF INCREASED RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES AT AN URBAN UNIVERSITY

Session R-7
THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS-THE DISTANCE BETWEEN

Session R-8
HOW TO DEVELOP AN IDEAL, COMPREHENSIVE FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE SEMINAR

Session R-10
FOLIO THINKING FROM FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Session I-14
DEFINING A COLLECTIVE ROLE OF LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A RESPONSE TO PROGRAM REVIEW

Session C-18
THE FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITIES: HOW COLLEGE PROFESSIONALS CAN HELP

Session I-21
TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITY - LESSONS LEARNED AND THE STUDENT VIEW

Session C-24
CAN FIRST-YEAR SEMINARS IMPACT CRITICAL THINKING?

Session C-25
FOUNDATION DEGREES: UNIQUE STUDENTS,
UNIQUE NEEDS?

Session C-26
ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS MODELS OF ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, AND CHANGE: ARE WE DIFFERENT OR ALIKE?

Session I-30
ENABLING ACHIEVEMENT

Session C-31
RETENTION INITIATIVES IN A STATE-SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY: VISION, ISSUES, PROGRAMS

Session I-42
ENVISIONING THE FUTURE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Session I-48
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: A MANDATORY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR ACADEMICALLY UNDERPREPARED STUDENTS

Session P-49
WISH YOU WERE HERE: ATTENDANCE MONITORING AS A STUDENT SUPPORT MECHANISM

Session P-51
EARLY ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (E.A.R.S.): AN INNOVATIVE INITIATIVE FOR FIRST-YEAR HIGHER RETENTION

Session P-59
HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED IN COLLEGE: ASSESSING & ENHANCING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SKILLS

Session I-76
INTEGRATING STUDENTS INTO THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THEIR UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE

Session I-82
A GREAT CONNECTION: SERVICE-LEARNING AND THE FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Session I-83
FYE AND THE BASIC COMMUNICATION COURSE: INSIGHTS FROM THEORY AND PRACTICE

Session I-88
TEXT MESSAGING: MAKING CONTACT WITH STUDENTS ON THEIR TERRITORY

Session I-94
TWO APPROACHES TO LEARNING COMMUNITIES: THE HONORS MODEL AND THE HONOR-LIKE GENERALIST MODEL FOR THE CAREER-MINDED FIRST-YEAR STUDENT

Session C-98
ENHANCING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS' PROGRESSION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE SKILLS-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Session I-99
INVITATION TO A BREAKTHROUGH