Helping Sophomores Succeed

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.

• List of Tables and Exhibit xiAcknowledgments xiiiAuthors and Contributors xvIntroduction 1John N. Gardner, Jerry A. Pattengale, Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Mary Stuart HunterPart One: Foundations 111 Understanding the Impact of the Second Year of College 13Molly A. Schaller2 Keys to Student Success: A Look at the Literature 30Kirsten Kennedy, M. Lee Upcraft3 Factors That Contribute to Sophomore Success and Satisfaction 43Laurie A. Schreiner4 College Sophomores: The Journey into Self 66Molly A. SchallerPart Two: Approaches for Engaging Second-year Students 815 Academic Advising: Helping Sophomores Succeed 83Virginia N. Gordon6 Promoting Career Success in the Second Year of College 99Paul A. Gore, Jr., Mary Stuart Hunter7 Curricular Approaches for the Intellectual Development of Second-Year Students 114Scott E. Evenbeck, Sharon J. Hamilton8 The Critical Role of Faculty and Faculty Development in Sophomore Success 129Laurie A. Schreiner9 Service-Learning in the Sophomore Year 146Steven G. Jones, Robert W. Franco10 The Potential of Study Abroad in the Sophomore Year 163Susan Buck Sutton, Stephanie L. Leslie11 Undergraduate Research: A Powerful Pedagogy to Engage Sophomores 177Kathryn J. Wilson, Mary Crowe12 Residential Learning in the Sophomore Year 189Jimmie Gahagan, Mary Stuart Hunter13 Spirituality, Meaning Making, and the Sophomore-Year Experience 203Jennifer A. LindholmPart Three: Campus Practice and Implications 21514 Designing and Implementing New Initiatives for Sophomores 217Julie Tetley, Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Edward K. Chan15 Assessment: Evaluating Second-Year Programs 234Ann M. Gansemer-Topf, Jerry A. Pattengale16 Recommendations to Improve Sophomore Student Success 248John N. Gardner, Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Mary Stuart HunterAppendix A Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analyses in Private Institutions: 2007 Survey of Sophomores 257Appendix B The Sophomore Student Success Initiative: Questions for Discussion Between Resident Advisor and Sophomore Students 263Appendix C Principles of Good Assessment 267References 270Names Index 297Subject Index 303