Helping Sophomores Succeed Understanding and Improving the Second Year Experience

by Hunter, Mary Stuart; Tobolowsky, Barbara F.; Gardner, John N.; Evenbeck, Scott E.; Pattengale, Jerry A.; Schaller, Molly; Schreiner, Laurie A.

• ISBN13: 9780470192757
• ISBN10: 0470192755
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-02
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This resource on the sophomore-year experience will represent an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the transitional issues between a student's first and second year of college. It will be a primary aid in designing curricular and co-curricular programs for the second-year student population, focused on issues of retention, academic and career development, and personal transition and growth.The book will offer an update on second-year-student satisfaction using both quantitative and qualitative measures from national research findings; give an overview of emergent themes: purpose, integration, engagement, and commitment; expand the view of student developmental issues; and discuss implications for best practices.

Author Biography

Mary Stuart Hunter is director of FYE and professor of higher education at the University of South Carolina.

Barbara F. Tobolowsky is an assistant professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies department at the University of Texas at Arlington?and?the former associate director of FYE.

John N. Gardner is an educator, university professor, administrator,?and executive director of the Policy Center on the First Year of College in Brevard, NC. He is also the founder and senior fellow of FYE at the University of South Carolina.

Scott E. Evenbeck is professor of psychology and dean of the University College at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). He has been on the faculty of IUPUI for 34 years.

Jerry A. Pattengale is assistant vice president for scholarship and grants at Indiana Wesleyan University and serves on FYE's advisory board.

Molly A.?Schaller is an assistant professor and coordinator of the College Student Personnel Program and a Fellow in the Learning Teaching Center at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

Laurie A. Schreiner is a professor of higher education an program director of the Doctoral Program in Higher Education Leadership at Azusa Pacific University.

The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (FYE)?supports and advances efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education by?providing opportunities for the exchange of practical, theory-based information and ideas.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Exhibit	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Authors and Contributors	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Foundation	p. 11
Understanding the Impact of the Second Year of College	p. 13
Keys to Student Success: A Look at the Literature	p. 30
Factors That Contribute to Sophomore Success and Satisfaction	p. 43
College Sophomores: The Journey into Self	p. 66
Approaches for Engaging Second-Year Students	p. 81
Academic Advising: Helping Sophomores Succeed	p. 83
Promoting Career Success in the Second Year of College	p. 99
Curricular Approaches for the Intellectual Development of Second-Year Students	p. 114
The Critical Role of Faculty and Faculty Development in Sophomore Success	p. 129
Service-Learning in the Sophomore Year	p. 146
The Potential of Study Abroad in the Sophomore Year	p. 163
Undergraduate Research: A Powerful Pedagogy to Engage Sophomores	p. 177
Residential Learning in the Sophomore Year	p. 189
Spirituality, Meaning Making, and the Sophomore-Year Experience	p. 203
Campus Practice and Implications	p. 215
Designing and Implementing New Initiatives for Sophomores	p. 217
Assessment: Evaluating Second-Year Programs	p. 234
Recommendations to Improve Sophomore Students Success	p. 248
Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analyses in Private Institutions: 2007 Survey of Sophomores	p. 257
The Sophomore Student Success Initiative: Questions for Discussion Between Resident Advisor and Sophomore Students	p. 263
Principles of Good Assessment	p. 267
References	p. 270
Names Index	p. 297
Subject Index	p. 303
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