Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student - A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College (Hardcover)

From the authors of the landmark book The Freshman Year Experience (1-55542-147-4) comes an update volume that takes up where that book left off. Written by top experts in the field, the book covers four main topics: demographics of first-year students, academic dimensions of the first year experience, support systems and services, and strategic tailoring of programs and services to institutional type.