Association for Institutional Research
Enhancing Knowledge. Expanding Networks.
Presentations and Selected Publications
This package of essays is a collection of short research reports and presentations produced by Dr. Randy L. Swing while at the Policy Center on the First Year of College. The research uses data collected from the FYI Survey of Educational Benchmarking, Inc. (www.webebi.com).
Readers may notice some variations in reported findings as the research was produced over several years and the datasets used were updated with new data across the years.
These data and reports reflect the state of First-Year Seminars in the first years of the 21st Century. Due to the on-going changes in higher education demographics and the changes in economic pressures on institutions and students, findings should be used with discretion when applied to the second decade, or beyond, of the new Century.
These essays and related materials were designed for delivery via the Internet or in conference presentations. They are provided here because they have been widely cited and may no longer be available at their previous URLs. They may be used freely, with attribution, for non commercial purposes.
Download: First-Year Seminar Essays and Presentations (PDF)
Randy L. Swing
rswing@airweb.org
October 4, 2009