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Professional Development Readings

Resource guides on subjects that support the work of faculty & staff.

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Clydesdale, Timothy T. The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Cordell, Rosanne M, Betsy Lucal, Robin K. Morgan, Sharon J. Hamilton, and Robert H. Orr. Quick Hits for New Faculty: Successful Strategies by Award Winning Teachers. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004.

Drake, Jayne K. "The  Role Of Academic Advising In Student Retention And Persistence." About  Campus 16.3 (2011): 8-12. Academic Search Premier. Web. 7 Sept. 2012.

Earl, Walter R. Intrusive Advising for Freshmen - Article was first published in the Academic Advising News, Vol. 9(3), September 1987.

Erickson, Bette L. S, Calvin B. Peters, Diane W. Strommer, and Bette L. S. Erickson. Teaching First-Year College Students. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006
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Feldman, Robert S. Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

Gordon, Virginia N, Wesley R. Habley, and Thomas J. Grites. Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008.
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Heisserer, Dana L., and Phil Parette. "Advising At-Risk Students In  College And University Settings." College Student Journal 36.1 (2002): 69.  Academic Search Premier. Web. 7 Sept. 2012.

Hemwall, Martha K.,  Kent C. Trachte. "Academic Advising as Learning: 10 Organizing Principles."  NACADA Journal. 25.2 (2005): 74-83. Web. 17 Sept. 2012.

Keup, Jennifer R, Mary S. Hunter, James E. Groccia, Brad Garner, Jennifer A. Latino, Michelle Ashcraft, Dan Friedman, and Joni W. Petschauer. The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning & Success. Columbia, SC: National Resource Center, First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, 2011.LB2343.32.K48 2011

Kramer, Gary L. Faculty Advising Examined: Enhancing the Potential of College Faculty As Advisors. Bolton, Mass: Anker Pub. Co, 2003.
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Kuh, George D. Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
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Kuh, George D. "What Student Engagement Data Tell Us about College Readiness."  AAC&U.  Winter (2007): 4-8. Web. 17 Sept. 2012.

Leamnson, Robert N. Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students. Sterling, Va: Stylus Pub, 1999.
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Upcraft, M L, John N. Gardner, and Betsy O. Barefoot. Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
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