Useful Documents and Relevant Articles

Use these helpful documents and articles to shape your lesson plans and impact your students' University Experience.


Commitment to Honor
Tough Love Manifesto
Student Profile
Random Acts of Kindness
Relevant Articles
Today's College Student
Source:
Daver, Z. E. (2009). The profile of today's college student. NASPA Leadership Exchange, 7(1), 15-17.

2009 Freshman Profile
Source:
Hoover, E. (2009). Freshmen's views: Politics, admissions, and marijuana. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 22, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/01/9994n.htm.

2009 Freshman Stats
Source:
This year's freshmen at 4-year colleges: A statistical profile. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 22, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i21/freshmen_trends.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi .

Generation Next
Source:
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. (2007). A portrait of Generation Next: How young people view their lives, futures and politics. Washington, DC.

Case Study
Source:
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Constructing Belonging
Source:
Cooper, R. (2009). Constructing belonging in a diverse campus community. Journal of College & Character, X(3), 1-9.

SuperMom
Source:
Robb, A. (2008). Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...Supermom!. Oprah Magazine, 9(7), 210-232.

Helicopter Parent Stereotypes
Source:
Hoover, E. (2008). Surveys of students challenge 'helicopter parent' stereotypes. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 54(21), A22.

The Tool Box
Source:
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Good Teaching Tops Good Research
Source:
Heppner, F. (2009). On the bottom line, good teaching tops good research. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(27), A72.

We Must Teach Students to Fail Well
Source:
Glasser, L. B. (2009). We must teach students to fail well. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(34), A56.

Educators Urged to Allow Students to Fail
Source:
Wojcicki, E. (2009). Educators urged to allow their students to fail. The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2009, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/tipping-point-for-educati_b_222071.html?view=print

The New Student Excuse?
Source:
Jaschik, S. (2009). The new student excuse?. Retrieved June 5, 2009 from http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/news/2009/06/05/corrupted.

Collaborating to Deliver the FYS
Source:
Cuseo, J. (n.d.). Collaborating to deliver the first-year seminar: Teaching teams and co-curricular connections.

Close the Book
Source:
Glenn, D.(2009). Close the book. Recall. Write it down. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(34), A1.

How I Got Played
Source:
Krebs, P. M. (2009). How I got played: a senior professor finally runs out of places to hide and teaches a first-year seminar. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved February 12, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/02/2009021201c.htm.

Credit Card Debt
Source:
Uhernik, A. (2008). Study shows average college student owes $2700 on a credit card. Retrieved September 16, 2008, from http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news_date=2008-09-16&news_id=16775#top .

Students as Agents of Social Change
Source:
Bastress, J. (1995). Students as agents of social change. In J. Galura, J. Howard, D. Waterhouse & R. Ross (Eds.), Praxis III: Voices in Dialogue (21-24). Ann Arbor, MI: OCSL Press.

Information and statistics about homelessness, written specifically for college students.
Source:
National Coalition for the Homeless (July 2008). Fact Sheet for College Students. Retrieved September 26, 2008 from http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/Fact%20Sheet%20for%20CollegeStudents.pdf.

First-Year Experience: A Selective Annotated Bibliography
A large collection of articles and reference materials about various first-year experience topics.
Source:
Parle, G. (2009). First-year experience: A selective annotated bibliography. e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, 3(2), 49-70.

Casual References to Violence Bring Serious Consequences for College Instructors
Source:
Schmidt, P. (2011). Casual references to violence bring serious consequences for college instructors. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved July 31, 2011, from http://chronicle.com/article/Casual-References-to-Violence/128422/?key=Sj8mcFBhNHcQYSowOGoRZzlROHVpMUp3MHMQaXgjbl5SEg%3D%3D.
Additional print resources:
Coburn, K.L. (2006). Organizing a ground crew for today's helicopter parents. About Campus, 11(3), 9-16.

Coomes, M. D., & DeBard, R. (Eds.) (2004). Serving the millennial generation. New Directions for Student Services, 106.

Howe, N., & Strauss, W. (2007). Millennials go to college (2nd ed.). Life Course Associates.

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