FYE Meetings and Reports:

Laguardia Open House November 8, 2006  
  Open House Report  
     
Spring 07 meetings  
  Feb 1, 2007 minutes  
  March 1, 2007 minutes  
  April 5, 2007 minutes  
  May 3, 2007 agenda - minutes were not submitted for this meeting  
     
First Year Experience (FYE) 2007 International Conference  
  Conference Report  
     
Fall 07 meetings  
  September 13, 2007 minutes  
  October 23, 2007 minutes  
  November 27, 2007 minutes  
     
Spring 08 meetings  
  February 12, 2008 minutes  
  March 11, 2008 minutes  
  April 8, 2008 minutes  
     
Self study on First-Year-Student retention, enrollment, and success as measured by grade performance - Spring 08  
  Research Findings  
     

Dr. Reason's PowerPoint presentations - On 2/18/08 Dr. Robert Reason, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Penn State University, College of Education presented to those interested at MCCC his findings on his work which includes First-year student outcomes, student development in college environments, and assessment in student affairs. Dr. Reason was recommentde by Dr. Pat Terenzini, a well recognized leader in the area of the effects of college on student learning and development, persistence, and educational attainment.
  Research Findings: Good Practices in Student Retention and the First Year Experience
  • This presentation outlined a set of 9 research-based guidelines that 2-year colleges could follow to help cultivate learning environments for new students
  
  Learning Communities
  • This presentation outlined rational for both paired and clustered courses
  
  First-Year Seminar
  • This presentation outlined 4 formats a First Year Seminar course typically follows and their effectiveness