Centers

• National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition (University of South Carolina)
• Policy Center on the First Year College (Brevard College)

NACADA sites

Other sites of interest*

• ACT survey services
• ACT prognosis: 23% could earn C, at best, in first-year college courses
• Academic Support and retention resources
• Advice for first-year college students PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Drew Appleby, IUPUI
• Beloit College Mindset List® For the Class of 2011
• College 101 for parents by Drew Appleby via IUPUI
• The College Environment: Factors Influencing Student Transition and Their Impact on Academic Advising
• College freshmen study booze more than books via USA TODAY
• College Kids Get Coached Up via USA TODAY
• College Student Expectations Questionnaire Data
• College Student Experiences Questionnaire
• College Success Factors inventory
• Colleges Face Tough Sell to Freshmen, Survey Finds: In enrollment decision, concerns about quality and cost hit 35-year high via The Chronicle (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
• Community College FYE programs
  • El Camino College
  • Glendale Community College
• Cuseo Collection via the University of Wisconsin colleges
• Dr. J's Incomplete Compendium of Good Information & Slick Strategies for College Success
• Early Alert systems for students in academic difficulty via the Clearinghouse
• Educational Communities and Student Success in the First Year of University speech by Vincent Tinto
• Educational Planning Survey via Penn State online. Penn State findings using this instrument
• Making A Successful Transition During the First Year of College: Does Emotional Intelligence Matter?
• Enhancing Students' College Experience with Specific Advising Suggestions by Richard Light
• First Year Advising Web site, Florida Gulf Coast University
• First Year Experience/Advising Connection archived information from a variety of colleges
• First Year Testing, Counseling and Advising online information tutorial for entering students via Penn State
• Four Year Career Plans
  • Central Missouri State University
  • The Compass: Four Year Plan via the College of Charleston
• Learning Communities
• Advising the Millennial Generation
• The Myth of First-Year Enlighenment via The Chronicle (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
• National Survey of Student Engagement
• Orientation
  • NACADA member produced orientation materials
  • National Orientation Directors Association (NODA)

• Working with parents
• Placement - basic skills placement testing issues
• Promoting Student Success: What Advisors Can Do via NSSE
• "Reaching beyond Academics in Academic Advising" from The Mentor
• Residential colleges and higher ed reform via The Collegiate Way
• Resilience Factors and Strategies
• Retention via the Clearinghouse
• Suggestions to new students by Jerry O'Connor
• Suggestions for working with parents via the Clearinghouse
• Student Responsibilities in Advising via the Clearinghouse
• Summer Reading Suggestions via National Resource Center for First Year Experience
• Sample Syllabi from Freshman Seminar Courses via National Resource Center for First Year Experience
• Ten Ways to Successfully Adjust to College Life
• Ways to Increase Student Attendance at workshops via Success 4 Students
• Your First College Year (YFCY). UCLA survey to assess the academic and personal development of students
• PEEK assessment of entering students' Perceptions, Expectations, Emotions and Knowledge about college. Free sample.

• College Board
• Placement - basic skills placement testing issues
• KHEAA Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority