"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or administration and…

This fact sheet describes a six-week, tuition-free workshop program, Citybridge in Concord, Massachusetts, in education where motivated middle school students work with talented high school and college students who are interested in teaching. The inservice curriculum is designed to prepare urban youth for the challenging high school curriculum and…