Designing Successful Transitions [OP]: A Guide for Orienting Students to College (The First-Year Experience Monograph Series, 13) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889271691 ISBN 13: 9781889271699

Publisher: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010

Synopsis

Published in partnership with NODA, the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education

Drawing on current research and practice, this fully revised edition of Designing Successful Transitions outlines the basic organizational structures of orientation and their theoretical underpinnings while also discussing special considerations for diverse student populations, transfer students, nontraditional students, and parents and family members. The role of technology and assessment in orientation and orientation in the two-year institution are also addressed. New to this volume are chapters that focus on changing the campus culture and institutionalizing orientation; anticipating and managing crises; and extending the benefits of orientation through first-year seminars, service-learning, outdoor programs, and common reading programs.

About this title

Review

“A valuable text for aspiring or current student affairs practitioners focused specifically on orientation, and to a lesser extent practitioners engaged in transfer or retention programming. The authors ... provide a balanced presentation of scholarly based findings and practical advice through out the monograph.” (Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice)

Edition details

• Publisher: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889271691
• ISBN 13: 9781889271699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Ward-Roof Jeanine A.