7 What you should know about first year students: an informal bibliography
The sources presented here give a small taste of the information and research on first year students and seminars. We encourage you to add more sources as you find them. Mainly this shows that you are not alone , and Lehman is not (completely) unique in its goals and challenges.
First Year Students
Bowman, Nicholas A. 2010. “The Development of Psychological Well-Being Among First-Year College Students.” Journal of College Student Development 51 (2): 180–200. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.0.0118.
Clark, Marcia Roe. 2005. “Negotiating the Freshman Year: Challenges and Strategies Among First-Year College Students.” Journal of College Student Development 46 (3): 296–316. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2005.0022.
Conley, Colleen S., Lea V. Travers, and Fred B. Bryant. 2013. “Promoting Psychosocial Adjustment and Stress Management in First-Year College Students: The Benefits of Engagement in a Psychosocial Wellness Seminar.” Journal of American College Health 61 (2): 75–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2012.754757.
Means, Darris R., and Kimberly B. Pyne. 2017. “Finding My Way: Perceptions of Institutional Support and Belonging in Low-Income, First-Generation, First-Year College Students.” Journal of College Student Development 58 (6): 907–24. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2017.0071.
First Year Seminars
Al-Sheeb, Bothaina A., Mahmoud Samir Abdulwahed, and Abdel Magid Hamouda. 2018. “Impact of First-Year Seminar on Student Engagement, Awareness, and General Attitudes toward Higher Education.” Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 10 (1): 15–30. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-01-2017-0006.
Ishler, Jennifer L. Crissman. 2003. “Laying the Foundation for General Education: The Role of First-Year and Short Seminars.” JGE: The Journal of General Education 52 (2): 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1353/jge.2003.0026.
Jairam, Dharmananda. 2020. “First-Year Seminar Focused on Study Skills: An Ill-Suited Attempt to Improve Student Retention.” Journal of Further and Higher Education 44 (4): 513–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1582757.
Jeong, Hyun Ju, Sujin Kim, and Jungmin Lee. 2021. “Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Supportive Parent Communication, and Help-Seeking Sources in the Wake of COVID-19: First-Generation College Students (FGCS) Vs. Non-First-Generation College Students (Non-FGCS).” Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 0 (0): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2021.1906189.
Jordan, Elizabeth. 2001. “Interrupted Learning: The Traveller Paradigm.” Support for Learning 16 (3): 128–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.00204.
Keup, Jennifer, and Betsy Barefoot. 2005. “Learning How to Be a Successful Student: Exploring the Impact of First-Year Seminars on Student Outcomes.” Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition 17 (1): 11–47.
Buyarski, Catherine A., and Cynthia M. Landis. 2014. “Using an EPortfolio to Assess the Outcomes of a First-Year Seminar: Student Narrative and Authentic Assessment.” International Journal of EPortfolio 4 (1): 49–60.
Crissman, Jennifer L. 2001. “The Impact of Clustering First Year Seminars with English Composition Courses on New Students’ Retention Rates.” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 3 (2): 137–52. https://doi.org/10.2190/FJHU-RT1X-GA6Y-EME5.
Porter, Stephen R., and Randy L. Swing. 2006. “Understanding How First-Year Seminars Affect Persistence.” Research in Higher Education 47 (1): 89–109.
Liberal Arts
Beck, K. (n.d.). The Humanities Aren’t Hurting Everywhere. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved June 17, 2023, from https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/06/14/humanities-arent-hurting-everywhere-opinion
Student Success OER Resources
“A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-Traditional Students.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/a-different-road-to-college-a-guide-for-transitioning-to-college-for-non-traditional-students.
“Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/avoiding-plagiarism-tutorial.
“Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/blueprint-for-success-in-college-career-decision-making.
“Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/blueprint-for-success-in-college-indispensable-study-skills-and-time-management-strategies.
“Bridges: United States Academia for First-Generation and International College Students.” 2021. Open Textbook Library. 2021. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/bridges-united-states-academia-for-first-generation-and-international-college-students.
“Cengage.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023a. https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/49002.
“———.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023b. https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/49018.
“COLL101 Collection.” n.d. OER Commons. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/coll101-collection-simple-book-publishing.
“College Success.” 2015. Open Textbook Library. 2015. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/college-success.
“———.” 2020. Open Textbook Library. 2020. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/college-success-2020.
“Foundations of Academic Success: Words of Wisdom.” 2015. Open Textbook Library. 2015. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/foundations-of-academic-success-words-of-wisdom.
Services, Iowa State University Library Instruction. 2021. Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research. Iowa State University Digital Press. https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.2021.72.
“The Word on College Reading and Writing.” 2017. Open Textbook Library. 2017. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-word-on-college-reading-and-writing.
Covid Impact
Infographic: 6 Guiding Principles To A Trauma-Informed Approach | CDC. (2023, February 23). https://www.cdc.gov/orr/infographics/6_principles_trauma_info.htm
House, Lisa A., Chelsea Neal, and Jason Kolb. 2020. “Supporting the Mental Health Needs of First Generation College Students.” Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 34 (2): 157–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2019.1578940.
Jeong, Hyun Ju, Sujin Kim, and Jungmin Lee. 2021. “Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Supportive Parent Communication, and Help-Seeking Sources in the Wake of COVID-19: First-Generation College Students (FGCS) Vs. Non-First-Generation College Students (Non-FGCS).” Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 0 (0): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2021.1906189.
Jordan, Elizabeth. 2001. “Interrupted Learning: The Traveller Paradigm.” Support for Learning 16 (3): 128–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.00204.
Mahnken, Kevin. 2022. “Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss.” July 14, 2022. https://www.the74million.org/article/harvard-economist-offers-gloomy-forecast-on-reversing-pandemic-learning-loss/
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Means, Darris R., and Kimberly B. Pyne. 2017. “Finding My Way: Perceptions of Institutional Support and Belonging in Low-Income, First-Generation,
Reyes-Portillo, Jazmin A., Carrie Masia Warner, Emily A. Kline, Michael T. Bixter, Brian C. Chu, Regina Miranda, Erum Nadeem, et al. 2022. “The Psychological, Academic, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on College Students in the Epicenter of the Pandemic.” Emerging Adulthood 10 (2): 473–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211066657.
Multilingual Students
Ferris, Dana R. 2014. “‘English Only’ and Multilingualism in Composition Studies: Policy, Philosophy, and Practice.” Edited by Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, Paul Kei Matsuda, Scott Wible, and Xiaoye You. College English 77 (1): 73–83.
Assessment
General Education Assessment. (n.d.). The City University of New York. Retrieved June 17, 2023, from https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/undergraduate-studies/assessment/
Information Literacy
Farkas, M. G. (2011). “I need three peer reviewed articles” or the Freshman research paper | Information Wants To Be Free. Retrieved September 21, 2023, from https://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2011/10/27/i-need-three-peer-reviewed-articles-or-the-freshman-research-paper/
Other Topics
“Trauma Informed Education.” 2023. Open Textbook Library. 2023. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/trauma-informed-education.
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