The Senior Year Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition / Edition 1

by John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer

Overview

"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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118308189
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/02/1999
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JOHN N. GARDNER is executive director, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina.

GRETCHEN VAN DER VEER is director of staff training and development, Corporation for National Service.

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).

Editorial Reviews

"A work surely to become as influential as the ubiquitous Freshman Year Experience.... The book represents a new and necessary way of viewing college seniors. It is a 'must read' for those interested in the fulfillment of the promises (whether real or perceived) made through obtaining a college degree." (Journal of College and University Student Housing)

"This book has just about all the information necessary to inform readers about the senior year experience, including how to develop and implement services and programs that prepare seniors for their postcollege plans. Using real life examples from a wide variety of institutions, the authors provide practitioners with a rich source of ideas to implement on their own campuses. No other book I know puts it all together like this one. Highly recommended." (M. Lee Upcraft, research associate and affiliate professor emeritus, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University)

"A long-awaited book, destined to become a classic. The authors' thoughtful and comprehensive emphasis on the ingredients that make a quality experience for all students in their senior year is very interesting, extremely informative, and an inspiration for all those striving to create quality undergraduate education." (Jane A. Lamb Nichols, acting vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, University and Community College System of Nevada)

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