The senior year experience : facilitating integration, reflection, closure, and transition
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The senior year experience : facilitating integration, reflection, closure, and transition
（The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series）
Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1998
1st ed
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A long-awaited book, destined to become a classic. Jane A. Lamb Nichols, acting vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, University and Community College System of Nevada The Senior Year Experience is the long-awaited sequel to the 1989 classic book The Freshman Year Experience. Like its highly acclaimed predecessor, this important book fills a gap in the literature on the topic of student transition. It offers a blueprint of the best ideas and strategies for ensuring that the end of the college experience is as promising as the beginning.
Table of Contents
- UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF TODAY'S SENIORS
- 1. The Emerging Movement to Strengthen the Senior Experience - John N.Gardner & Gretchen Van der Veer
- 2. Obectives and Benefits of Senior Year Programs - Joseph B. Cuseo
- 3. Moving On: Seniors as People in Transition - Arthur W. Chickering & Nancy K. Schlossberg
- 4. A President's Personal and Historical Perspective - Arthur Levine
- 5. Are College Seniors Prepared to Work?
- - Philip D. Gardner
- ENHANCING THE SENIOR YEAR EXPERIENCE
- 6. Curricular Structures for Cumulative Learning - Barbara Leigh Smith
- 7. Preparing Students for Life Beyond the Classroom - Elwood F. Holton, III
- 8. Leadership Education in the Senior Experience - Stephen W. Schwartz & Nance Lucas
- 9. Developing "Civic Virtue" Among College Students - Linda J. Sax & Alexander W. Astin
- 10. Strengthening the Ties That Bind: Cultural Events, Rituals, and Traditions - George D. Kuh
- 11. Creating Pathways to Graduate School - Richard B. Lawhon
- DEVELOPING SPECIAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SENIORS
- 12. Comprehensive Career Services for Seniors - Denise Dwight Smith & Linda K. Gast
- 13. College-to-Career Transition Programs for Multiethnic Students - Linda Bates Parker, et al
- 14. Preparing Seniors for Roles as Active Alumni - Jeffery W. Johnson & Peter D. Eckel
- IMPLICATIONS FOR CAMPUS SERVICES AND PRACTICES
- 15. Looking Back, Moving Ahead: Assessment in the Senior Year - Karl L. Schilling & Karen Maitland Schilling
- 16. Mobilizing Campus Support for Senior Year Programs - William L. Thomas, Jr
- 17. A Summary Agenda for Enriching the Senior Year - John N. Gardner & Gretchen Van der Veer.
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