Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface by John N. Gardner -- The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? -- Chapter 1 High-Impact Pedagogies -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- LaGuardia Community College -- Drury University -- University of Southern California -- Chapter 2 Summer Bridge Programs -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis -- Ursinus College -- Louisiana State University -- Chapter 3 New Student Orientation -- Goals of Orientation -- Orientation Programming -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Purdue University -- Tallahassee Community College -- Metropolitan State University -- Chapter 4 Advising -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Advising Models -- Effective Implementation -- Leadership Roles /Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- University of Akron -- Sam Houston State University -- University of Central Florida -- Chapter 5 First-Year Seminars -- Extended Orientation -- Academic Seminars -- Basic Study Skills -- Preprofessional and Discipline-Linked Seminar -- Hybrid Seminars -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Initial Tasks -- Time Line.

Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Instructor Recruitment -- Funding Sources -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- University of South Carolina -- Concordia University -- Miami Dade College -- Chapter 6 Learning Communities -- A Model for Learning Communities -- General Typology for Learning Communities -- Learning Community Populations -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Organizational Elements -- Instructional Elements -- Ensuring Program Visibility -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Start-Up Costs -- Administrative and Operating Expenses -- Faculty Development and Rewards -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Elgin Community College -- Wagner College -- University of Michigan -- Chapter 7 Residential Learning Programs -- Characteristics of Residential Learning Communities -- The Students -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- The Leadership Group -- Time Line -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Boise State University -- Illinois State University -- Southern Arkansas University -- Chapter 8 Developmental Education -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation -- Organizational Options -- Alternative Approaches -- Staffing -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Jacksonville State University -- Northern Kentucky University -- Los Medanos Community College -- Chapter 9 Early Alert Warning Systems -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Advancing the Development of EAWS -- Implementation.

Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- St. Mary's University -- Hudson Valley Community College -- University of North Carolina at Greensboro -- Chapter 10 Probation Initiatives -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Investigation and Initial Review -- Program Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Organization -- Implementation -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Engaging Major Stakeholders -- Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- University of Minnesota -- Purdue University, Calumet -- Chaffey College -- Chapter 11 Peer Leadership -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Peer Leader Description -- Recruiting and Selecting Peer Leaders -- Training for Peer Leaders -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- University of Wisconsin-Madison -- University of Texas at Dallas -- Florida International University -- Chapter 12 Second-Year Transitions -- Approaching the Work/Critical Partners -- Program Design and Development -- Campus Partners -- Organization/Implementation Process -- Leadership Roles/Communication -- Resource Needs/Personnel -- Assessment -- Benefit Analysis -- Institutional Practices -- Miami University (Ohio) -- University of West Georgia -- Loyola University, Maryland -- Conclusion: Lessons Learned -- References -- Index.