In fall 2008, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition conducted the National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives. The purpose of this survey was to gain a more accurate view of sophomore-year initiatives at four-year institutions. A total of 2,641 institutions were invited to participate in the survey. A total of 315 institutions responded to the survey.
Questionnaire/Survey Instrument
Research Reports on College Transitions
- 2008 National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives: Curricular and Cocurricular Structures Supporting the Success of Second-Year College Students [pdf]
Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jimmie Gahagan - University of South Carolina, Ryan N. Goodwin - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
Research Reports on College Transitions
2010
Session Slides
- Sophomore Student Success: Selected Findings from the 2008 National Survey on Sophomore-Year Initiatives [pdf]
Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Stuart Hunter
NASPA 2010 - Chicago, IL
2010
Executive Summary