The following articles are available online:

Association of American Colleges and Universities, "Community Service Deepens Student Learning and Civic Engagement at Wagner College"

Association of American Colleges and Universities, "Statement on Liberal Learning"

Veronica Boix-Mansilla and Elizabeth Duraising, "Targeted Assessment of Students' Interdisciplinary Work: An Empirically Grounded Framework Proposed"
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Educational Testing Service, "New General Education Test Succeeds the Academic Profile"

Ross Douthat, "The Truth About Harvard"
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Danna Harrman, "Harvard (Finally) Gets a Passport"
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Doug Lederman, "Sending Signals to Students"

Tammy L. Lewis and Richard A. Niesenbaum, "Benefits of Short-Term Study Abroad"
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John Marrow, "Declining by Degrees"

Jean MacGregor and Barbara Leigh Smith, "Where are Learning Communities Now? National Leaders Take Stock"
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Jenna Russell, "College Careers Go Online"

Karen Schilling and Karl Schilling, "Increasing Expectation for Student Effort"
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The following articles are available in the Academic Experience Office:

About Campus. March/April 2005. vol. 10. no. 1.

Advancing Liberal Education: Assessment Practices on Campus. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2005

American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2004. Linda J. Sax et al. Cooperative Institutional Research Program.

American Pluralism and the College Curriculum: Higher Education in a Diverse Democracy. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1995

Annotated Bibliography on Assessment of the First College Year. Marc Cutright. Policy Center on the First Year of College. 2003

Assessing Campus Diversity Initiatives: A Guide for Campus Practitioners. Mildred Garcia, et al. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2001

Becoming a Critical thinker: A Master Student Text from Houghton Mifflin. Vincent Ryan Ruggiero. 2002

Becoming a Master Student. Dave Ellis. 2006

Building Gender, Science and the Undergraduate Curriculum. Caryn McTighe Musil. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2001

Communication Briefings: Ideas That Work. Preview Issue.

Communication Across the Curriculum: Design Implementation Assessment and Research Models. Deanna Daniels et al NCA Short Course #29.

Comparative and Historical Reflections on Liberal Education. The Academy in Transition. Sheldon Rothblatt. Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Contemporary Understanding of Liberal Education. The Academy in Transition. Carol Geary Schneider and Robert Shoenberg. Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Core Curriculum and Cultural Pluralism: A Guide for Campus Planners. Betty Schmitz. Association of American Colleges.

Current Trends in Grades and Grading Practices in Higher Education. AACRAO. 2005.

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Designing Successful Transitions: A Guide for Orienting Students to College. Jeanine A. Ward-Wolf and Cathie Hatch. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2003

Diversity Blueprint: A Planning Manual for Colleges and Universities. A Collaboration Between University of Maryland, College Park and Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1998

Doing Learning Community Assessment: Five Campus Stories. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series.

Elements of Teaching Writing: A Resource for Instructors in All Disciplines. Katherine Gottschalk and Keith Hjortshoj. 2004

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 3 - The First Year Experience in American Higher Education - An Annotated Bibliography. Andrew K. Koch. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2001

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 31 - Visible Solutions for Invisible Students: Helping Sophomores Succeed. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2000

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 32 - Peer Leadership: A Primer on Program Essentials. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2001

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 33 - Proving and Improving Strategies for Assessing the First College Year. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition.

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 34 - Service Learning and the First Year Experience: Preparing Students for Personal Success and Civic Responsibility. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2002

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 37 - Proving and Improving: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the First College Year. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2004

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 38 - Transforming the First Year of College for Students of Color. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2004

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 26 - Learning Communities: New Structures, New Partnerships for Learning. Jodi H. Levine. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1999

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 41 - The 2003 National Survey on First-Year Seminars - Continuing Innovations in the Collegiate Curriculum. I Barbara F. Robolowsky. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2005

First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 42 - Exploring the Evidence: Reporting Research on First-Year Seminars, vol. III. Barbara F. Tobolowsky.National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2005

First Year Experience Monograph Series Number 25 - Exploring the Evidence - Reporting the Outcomes of First Year Seminars. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1998

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Focus on Creativity: Poetry Across the Curriculum at Clemson University. Lynley Loftin. Spring 2002.

Freshman Seminar - Appalachian State University Faculty Resource Manual.

Freshman Seminar Instructor Training: Guidelines for Design and Implementation. National Resource Center for the Freshman Experience. Division of Continuing Education, University of South Carolina. 1992

Freshman Year Experience - Beyond Critical Thinking: Teaching the Thinking Skills Necessary to Academic and Professional Success. William T. Daly. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1995

Freshman Year Experience: Gateways: Residential Colleges and the Freshman Year Experience. Terry B. Smith. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1993

General Education and the Assessment Reform Agenda. The Academy in Transition. Peter Ewell. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2004

General Education in an Age of Student Mobility: An Invitation to Discuss Systemic Curricular Planning. Robert Schemberg et al. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2001

Globalizing Knowledge: Connecting International and Intercultural Studies. Grant H. Cornwell and Eve W. Stoddard. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1999

Greater Expectations. National Panel Report. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2002

Guidelines for Evaluating the First Year Experience at Four Year Colleges. 2nd ed. John N. Gardner. The National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. University of South Carolina. 2001

Houghton Mifflin Student Success Planner 2004-2005.

How to Write a Paragraph: The Art of Substantive Writing. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Integrated Studies: Challenges to the College Curriculum. Stephen H. Dill. University Press of America. 1982

Integrating Learning Communities with Service Learning. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series.

Integrating the First-Year Experience: The Role of First-Year Seminars in Learning Communities. Jean M. Henscheid. National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 2004.

Integrative Learning: Mapping the Terrain. The Academy in Transition. Mary Taylor Huber and Pat Hutchings. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 2004

Integrity in the College Curriculum: A Report to the Academic Community. Project on Redefining the Meaning and Purpose of Baccalaureate Degrees. Association of American Colleges. 1990

Investing in Quality: Tools for Improving Curricular Efficiency. Ann S. Ferren and Rick Slavings. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2000

Investing in Your College Education: Learning Strategies with Readings. Thomas Stewart and Kathleen Hartman. 2006

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Learning Communities and the Academic Library. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series. 2002

Learning Communities in Liberal Arts Colleges. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series

Learning Communities in Research Universities. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series

Learning Communities and Fiscal Reality: Learning in a Time of Restricted Resources. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series

Learning Community Research and Assessment: What We Know Now. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series.

Learning Interdependence: A Case Study of the International/Intercultural Education of First Year College Students. David J. Bachner et al. University of South Carolina. 2001.

Liberal Education. Vol. 90, no. 4. Fall 2004. Association of American Colleges and Universities

Liberal Education. Vol. 90, no. 3 Summer 2004. Association of American Colleges and Universities

Liberal Learning and the Arts of Connection for the New Academy. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1995

Management Communication: A Guide. Deborah C. Andrews and William C. Andrews. 2002

Mapping Interdisciplinary Studies. The Academy in Transition. Julie Thompson Klein. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1999

Master Student: Guide to Academic Success. Doug Toft. 2005

Metropolitan Universities:  Learning Communities and Collaboration.  Barbara D. Jackson, Editor.  2005.

Miniature Guide for Students and Faculty to Scientific Thinking. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Miniature Guide for Students and Faculty to The Foundations of Analytic Thinking. Linda Elder and Richard Paul. 2003

Miniature Guide for Those Who Teach on How to Improve Student Learning - 30 Practical Ideas. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Miniature Guide to the Art of Asking Essential Questions. Linda Elder and Richard Paul. 2002

Miniature Guide for Those Who Teach on Practical Ways to Promote Active and Cooperative Learning. Lesley Hiler and Richard Paul.

Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Miniature Guide to Taking Charge of The Human Mind. Linda Elder and Richard Paul. 2002

Miniature Guide to Understanding the Foundations of Ethical Reasoning. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Joseph Gibaldi. 1999

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National Academic Advising Association - Monograph Series Number 12 2004 - Advising Transfer Students: Issues and Strategies. Thomas J. Kerr et al.

National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition - Monograph Series Number 29, 1999 - Solid Foundations: Building Success for First Year Seminars Through Instructor Training and Development. Mary Stuart Hunter.

On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. Skip Downing. 2005

Our Students Best Work: A Framework for Accountability Worthy of Our Mission. 2004

Pathways of Diversity and Enlightenment: Critical Reflections for Transformation. Keith B. Armstrong. 2004

Pearce Center for Professional Communication: Annual Report, 2001-2002.

The Pedagogy of Possibilities: Developmental Education, College-Level Studies, and Learning Communities. National Learning Communities Project Monograph Series.

Peer Review Emerging Trends and Key Debates in Undergraduate Education. Fall 2004.

Peer Review. Emerging Trends and Key Debates in Undergraduate Education. Vol. 6, no. 1, Fall 2003. Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Peer Review: Emerging Trends and Key Debates in Undergraduate Education. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2003

Pocket Style Manual. Diana Hacker. 1993

Pocket Style Manual. Diana Hacker. 2004

Portable Business Writer. William Murdick. 1999

Portable Technical Writer. William Murdick and Jonathan C. Bloemker. 2001

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Principles of Accreditation - Foundations for Quality Enhancement. Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 2001

Proposal to Prepare for 2007 SACS Reaccredidation Using the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement. Pamela Isacco Niesslein. 2003

Raising the Graduation Rates of Low-Income College Students. Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. December 2004

Residence Life Programs and the First Year Experience. William J. Zeller et al. . National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1996

Senior Year Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure and Transition. John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer and Associates. 1998

Service-Learning and Learning Communities: Tools for Integration and Assessment. Karen K. Oates and Lynn H. Leavitt. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2003

St. Martin's Manual for Writing in the Disciplines: A Guide for Faculty. Richard Bullock. 1994

Status of General Education in the Year 2000: Summary of a National Survey. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2001

Strengthening Programs for Writing Across the Curriculum. Susan H. McLeod. 1988

Strong Foundations: Twelve Principles for Effective General Education Programs. Association of American Colleges. 1994.

Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter. George D. Kuh et al. Jossey-Bass 2005

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Teaching College Freshmen. Bette LaSere Erickson and Diane Weltner Strommer. 1991

Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum. Prentice Hall Resources for Writing. Art Young. 1997

Thinker's Guide for Students on How to Study and Learn a Disciple Using Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Thinker's Guide to College Success. John Chaffee. 1999

Thinker's Guide to How to Read a Paragraph and Beyond - The Art of Close Reading and How to Read a Text Worth Reading and Take Ownership of Its Important Ideas. Richard Paul and Linda Elder. 2003

Thinking Critically. John Chaffee. 2003

Using Technology in the Classroom. Judith Anderson Morris. 2004

VHS Tape: Declining by Degrees.

VHS Tape: Shaped by Writing: The Undergraduate Experience.

Warming the Climate for Women in Academic Science. Angela B. Ginorio. Association of American Colleges and Universities Program on the Status and Education of Women. 1995

Workshop Book from Individual Creativity to Group Action. R. Brian Stanfield. 2002

Write at the Start: A Guide to Using Writing in Freshman Seminars. Lea Masiello. . National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. 1993

Writer's Reference. Diana Hacker. 2003

Writing Across the Curriculum: Prentice hall handbook for Writers. Melinda G. Kramer, et al. 1995

Your Guide to College Success - Instructor's Resource Manual. Alice Lanning. 1999

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