Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of CollegeISBN: 978-0-7879-7151-9
Hardcover
480 pages
March 2005, Jossey-Bass
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--Jodi Levine Laufgraben, associate vice provost, Temple University
"Betsy Barefoot and John Gardner have been telling us for years
what works for first-year students. Now they and their colleagues
provide the missing link–examples of schools that actually do
it well!"
--George D. Kuh, Chancellor's Professor of Higher Education and
director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
"In this wonderfully timely book, Barefoot, Gardner, and their
colleagues do higher education a great service. They provide
concrete, evidence-based examples of how a diverse array of
colleges and universities are redesigning first-year experiences to
meet the needs of students and promote their success. We learn
again that leadership matters, that data can drive improvement, and
that relentless focus and the courage to transform will win the
day."
--Kay McClenney, director, Community College Survey of Student
Engagement, University of Texas at Austin
"Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the
First Year of College is destined to become a classic, a vital
handbook for every college and university which aspires to maximize
the life-changing possibilities for America's first-year
students."
--David Warren, president, National Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
"At last, a book that offers research-based frameworks for
first-year student success that include all types of institutions,
regardless of the differences in their missions and the diversity
of their students."
--M. Lee Upcraft, affiliate professor emeritus and assistant vice
president emeritus for student affairs, Penn State University