June 20, 2017

What is a Freshman Seminar?

Virtually every college asks all first-year students to take a Freshman Seminar. The Freshman Seminar is a small (usually 15 to 20 students) class conducted by senior faculty member in a topic of interest to the students as well as the professor. Incoming freshman are asked to choose one of […]
April 14, 2016

What is a First-Year Experience?

With college acceptances comes invitations to programs that are part of every freshman first-year experience. Most of the schools that I have visited have a series of programs to help entering freshmen, and sometimes transfer students, become engaged in college.. Student affairs experts that I have met since launching Educated Quest […]