Research Findings

Through presentations, publications and other research products, the National Resource Center shares its findings from research projects on student learning, development, and success and high-impact practices, including the first-year seminar in American higher education, sophomore initiatives, peer leadership, information literacy, and senior capstone experiences.

We are happy to make our research findings available to you through an online searchable database. Search our index for presentations, reports and other research products on a range of topics related to college student learning and success. The text box will allow you to search across all fields, including keyword (such as "first-year seminar"), author (such as "Keup"), venue (such as "ASHE"), year, type, and title.

We continue to add items to the database, so come back regularly to find the most up-to-date information we have shared with the higher education community.

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Project	Type	Presentation	Venue (hidden column)
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	An Evidence-Based Discussion of Integrating First-and Second-Year Transition Programs [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jennifer Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ACPA 2015 2015	ACPA 2015
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	An evidence-based discussion of integrating high-impact transition programs in the first and second college years [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Gateway Course Experience Conference 2016 2016	Gateway Course Experience Conference 2016
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Building Coherence Through Vertical Integration of High-Impact Practices Across the Undergraduate Curriculum [pdf] Kevin Eagan - Higher Education Research Institute, Jill Kinzie - IU Center for Postsecondary Research, Tia McNair - Association of American Colleges and Universities, Jennifer Keup - National Resource Center for The-First Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The-First Year Experience and Students in Transition ASHE 2016 2016	ASHE 2016
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	First-Year Seminars and Senior Capstones Bookending Writing Instruction in the Undergraduate Curriculum [pdf] Tracy L. Skipper - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Conference on Students in Transition 2014 2014	National Conference on Students in Transition 2014
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	First-Year Seminars and Senior Capstones Bookending Writing Instruction in the Undergraduate Curriculum [pdf] Tracy L. Skipper - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition AAC&U 2014 2014	AAC&U 2014
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Leveraging first-and second- year transition programs to improve transfer [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students 2016 2016	National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students 2016
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	National Research and Trends on The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Gateway Course Experience Conference 2014 2014	Gateway Course Experience Conference 2014
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Student Needs and Institutional Opportunities Across Transition Points [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year and Students in Transition ACPA Residential Curriculum Institute 2013 2013	ACPA Residential Curriculum Institute 2013
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Transitions Also Happen in Year 2 A National Portrait of How Institutions Shape the Beginning College Experience [pdf] Tracy L. Skipper - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition NODA 2014 2014	NODA 2014
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Transitions Beyond the First Year: Implications for Curriculum Design, Student Support, and Success [pdf] Matthew Portas - Teesside University, Jennifer Keup - National Resource Center for The-First Year Experience and Students in Transition European First-Year Experience 2014 2014	European First-Year Experience 2014
Vertical Alignment of Transition Programs	Session Slides	Using First-Year Programs in the Community College to Support Ongoing Student Transitions [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Two Year First Year 2015 2015	Two Year First Year 2015
Miscellaneous	Session Slides	Beyond Engagement: Academic Advisers as Process Engineers [pdf] Mary Stuart Hunter - University of South Carolina NACADA Drive-In Conference 2011 2011	NACADA Drive-In Conference 2011
Miscellaneous	Session Slides	The Effects of High-Impact Practices across Twenty-First Century Learning Outcomes [pdf] Ryan D. Padgett - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Midwest First-Year Conference 2011 2011	Midwest First-Year Conference 2011
Miscellaneous	Session Slides	The Impact of First-Year Seminars on Student Involvement and Engagement in Educational Good Practices [pdf] Ryan D. Padgett - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Midwest First-Year Conference 2011 2011	Midwest First-Year Conference 2011
Miscellaneous	Session Slides	Who are Our Students? How Can We Best Support Them? [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition University of South Carolina Career Center Retreat 2015 2015	University of South Carolina Career Center Retreat 2015
Common Reading: Titles, Structures, and Benefits	Session Slides	(Common) Reading is Fundamental? Exploring Outcomes of Common Reading Programs [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Ellen Bara Stolzberg - Higher Education Research Institute Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017 2017	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017
Common Reading: Titles, Structures, and Benefits	Session Slides	A Look at the Book: Research Evidence on Common Reading Programs [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Catherine Andersen - University of Baltimore Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2015 2015	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2015
Common Reading: Titles, Structures, and Benefits	Session Slides	Opening the Book: Outcomes of the First-Year Common Reading Programs [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Ellen Bara Stolzenberg - Higher Education Research Institute ASHE 2017 2017	ASHE 2017
Common Reading: Titles, Structures, and Benefits	Session Slides	Telling the "Story" of Common Reading Programs: Using National Data [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Sara J. Frakes - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ASHE 2015 2015	ASHE 2015
Common Reading: Titles, Structures, and Benefits	Session Slides	Telling the "Story" of Common Reading Programs: Using National Data [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dalling George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ACPA 2015 2015	ACPA 2015
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Executive Summary	A Study of the State of College and Career Readiness in South Carolina - Executive Summary [pdf] 2016
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Session Slides	College and Career Readiness: Setting up First-Year Student Success [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Meredith Love - Center of Excellence for College and Career Readiness (Francis Marion University), Matt Nelson - Center of Excellence for College and Career Readiness (Francis Marion University) Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2016 2016	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2016
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Session Slides	College and Career Readiness: Setting up First-Year Student Success [pdf] Jasmin K. Chung - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition South Carolina P20 Summit - March 2016 2016	South Carolina P20 Summit - March 2016
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Working Paper	Exploring College and Career Readiness in South Carolina Secondary Schools, 2016 [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience, Jasmin K. Chung - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Resource Center Working Paper 2017
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Working Paper	Narratives in South Carolina College and Career Readiness: A Collection of Case Studies Highlighting Promising Practices [pdf] Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jasmin K. Chung - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Resource Center Working Paper 2018
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Working Paper	Report on the State of College and Career Readiness in South Carolina [pdf] Stefania Petcu - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Sara J. Frakes - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience, Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Resource Center Working Paper 2016
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Session Slides	Researching Readiness: College and Career Preparation in South Carolina [pdf] Meredith Love - Center of Excellence College and Career Readiness at Francis Marion University, Matt Nelson - Center of Excellence College and Career Readiness at Francis Marion University, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Alliance For Excellent Education 2017 2017	Alliance For Excellent Education 2017
College and Career Readiness in South Carolina	Session Slides	Surveying Statewide College and Career Readiness Programs in South Carolina [pdf] Meredith Love - Francis Marion University, Matt Nelson - Francis Marion University, Jasmin K. Chung - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017 2017	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017
CAS Cross-Functional Frameworks in the FYE	Session Slides	CAS Cross-Functional Frameworks and Program Review of a Multi-Functional Area [pdf] Gavin Henning - Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education, Marybeth Drechsler Sharp - Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education, Tim Gordon - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Victoria Livingston - University of Wisconsin - Platteville, Dallin Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ACPA 2017 2017	ACPA 2017
CAS Cross-Functional Frameworks in the FYE	Session Slides	Using CAS Cross-Functional Frameworks to Facilitate a Collaborative FYE Approach [pdf] Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jen Wells - Kennesaw State University Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017 2017	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2017
2017 National Survey on The First-Year Experience	Session Slides	Data from the 2017 National Survey on The First-Year Experience: Creating Connections to Go Beyond Traditional Thinking [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Midwest First-Year Conference	Midwest First-Year Conference
2017 National Survey on The First-Year Experience	Session Slides	Presenting Data from the 2017 National Survey of First-Year Experiences [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2018 2018	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2018
2017 National Survey on The First-Year Experience	Session Slides	Presenting Data from the 2017 National Survey of First-Year Experiences [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ACPA 2018 2018	ACPA 2018
2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences	Research Reports on College Transitions	2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences Expanding our Understanding of Culminating Experiences Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jasmin K. Chung - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience, Dory E. Hoffman - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Ryan Bronkema - University of West Georgia Research Reports on College Transitions 2017
2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences	Session Slides	Epilogue and Prologue: A national Picture of Senior Capstone Experiences [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Conference on Students in Transition 2017 2017	National Conference on Students in Transition 2017
2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences	Session Slides	Reporting Institutional Support of a Critical Transition: Senior Capstone Experiences [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ACPA 2017 2017	ACPA 2017
2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences	Session Slides	Senior Capstone Experiences: Institutional Support of the Gateway to life beyond College [pdf] Dallin George Youn - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Gateway Course Experience Conference 2017 2017	Gateway Course Experience Conference 2017
2016 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences	Session Slides	Senior Capstones: National Perspectives and One Capstone Journey [pdf] Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Irma Van Soy - University of South Carolina National Conference on Students in Transition 2016 2016	National Conference on Students in Transition 2016
2015 International Survey of Peer Leaders	Session Slides	An International Perspective on Peer Education and Leadership Best Practices in the FYE and Beyond [pdf] Jennifer Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Sally Rogan - University of WOllongong, Robert Kenedy - York University Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2015 2015	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2015
2015 International Survey of Peer Leaders	Session Slides	Canadian and International Peer Leader Experience: Theoretical and Research-Based Perspectives [pdf] Robert A. Kenedy - York University, Dallin George Young - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2016 2017	Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2016

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