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Direct linkTippett, Stephen H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Arcadia University Preview Program for First Year and Transfer Students (Preview) is a program design built into the university curriculum to allow all First Year and Transfer Students the opportunity to study abroad. The Previews are an institution-wide strategy of academic and administrative procedures to provide an action to meet the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Course Descriptions, Instructional Design, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedKrall, Jean K. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1981
Describes New Student Welcome Day, an orientation program for freshmen at the University of Maine. Outlines objectives of the three-day program, including assisting students' transition to the university, fostering development of a peer group, creating an atmosphere conducive to favorable attitudes, and reducing anxiety. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dormitories, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Hofman, Emil T.; Grande, Peter P. – New Directions for Education, Work and Careers, 1979
The University of Notre Dame's Freshman Year of Studies program is described. It takes into account the uncertainty characteristic of many entering freshmen and fosters an attitude of flexibility in students' considerations of academic programs and career goals. (AF)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Freshmen, Education Work Relationship, Educational Counseling
Peer reviewedTaylor, Irmgard C.; McLaughlin, Marilou B. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1982
Describes the mentoring component of a federally funded project, Women's Academic and Career Choices. The objective of the project was to open and broaden young college women's thinking about academic and career choices through a two-credit strategy course, intensive mentoring/advising activity, and role-modeling. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Freshmen, Credit Courses
Peer reviewedVerbitskaya, Lyudmila I. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1990
Leningrad University has a competitive selection process for its 16 faculties. Professors have the goal of training students in methods of thinking and preparing them for future independent study. Specialization courses are available to students from Eastern Bloc countries. Integration of science and the humanities is a current trend. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Competitive Selection, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedMack, Maynard, Jr. – Liberal Education, 1996
The evolution and design of an interdisciplinary honors course at the University of Maryland at College Park are described. The course, on knowledge and its human consequences, brings together faculty experts, "teacher-learner" faculty, and first-year honors students to explore different kinds of knowledge and their philosophical,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Course Organization, Curriculum Design
Wiener, Harvey, Ed.; Maimon, Elaine, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
Descriptions of comprehensive writing programs at nine colleges and universities and an essay on the topic are presented. Comprehensive writing programs transcend a single department or discipline and are designed to enhance liberal learning. Such programs not only teach students to write in the appropriate modes of various disciplines, but also…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, College Students, Competency Based Education
