scholarly journals “I Don’t Just Give Tours”

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Gansemer-Topf ◽  
Kristin Economos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
New Students ◽  
Orientation Leaders ◽  
Continuing Students ◽  
New Student ◽  
Students In Transition

Undergraduate student orientation leaders play a vital role in many new student orientation programs. Although the leaders assume many responsibilities, little is known about how these students benefit from this experience. This qualitative study examined what students learned from being student orientation leaders. Students’ learning occurred in four areas: intrapersonal growth, skill development, understanding of others, and understanding of the institution. Results of this study highlight the benefit of incorporating upper division leaders into orientation programs. In addition, it illustrates how new student programs provide a valuable experience for upper-division continuing students as well as new students in transition.

scholarly journals The Integration of Technology in New Student Orientation Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Miller ◽  
Patty Viajar
Keyword(s):  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Academic Transitions ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
New Students ◽  
Technology Orientation ◽  
New Student

New student orientation programs are typically designed around a loosely defined set of expectations that assist in the social and academic transitions to college. An area that has only begun to receive considerable attention in these programs has to do with technology orientation. The current study reports what orientation coordinators perceive to be the most effective strategies for incorporating technology into new student orientatin programs. Coordinators agreed most strongly with the notion of emphasizing the importance of technology to new students coupled with providing new students email accounts immediately upon arrival to campus.

scholarly journals Essential Elements for New Student Orientation

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Capps ◽  
Michael T. Miller
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
New Students ◽  
Need For Orientation ◽  
New Student

New student orientation programs typically have been developed from the perspective of what new students need upon their arrival on a 4-year college campus. There is little consideration given to the environment from which students come, namely, the secondary and high schools from which students graduate. The current study study explores what secondary school administrators perceive to be the most important elements that should be included in an orientation program. This perspective, which largely supports the inclusion of all the Council for the Advancement of Standards' Standards for New Student Orientation, particularly noted the need for orientation programs to help the student identify the personal and financial costs (and benefits) of attending college.

scholarly journals Gateways to Campus Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan D. Theroux
Keyword(s):  
Campus Culture ◽  
Cultural Artifacts ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
New Students ◽  
Orientation Leaders ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
New Student

New student orientation is one of the places where the meanings of institutional cultural artifacts such as campus traditions, rituals, language, architecture, and other aspects of an institution's history are communicated. After visiting three public universities, the author discovered that while orientation directors were generally aware of the significance of cultural artifacts at their institutions, it was ultimately the student orientation leaders who passed on the meanings of these artifacts on to other students (both new students and new student orientation leaders). As part of a qualitative case study utilizing focus group interviews, the orientation leaders identified formal and informal ways in which they communicate the meanings of cultural artifacts to new students.

scholarly journals Increasing Participation in Student Governance Through First-Year Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Miles ◽  
Michael Miller ◽  
Daniel P. Nadler
Keyword(s):  
Student Involvement ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
New Students ◽  
Institutional Norms ◽  
Student Governance ◽  
New Student

New student orientation programs are importance components of institutions delivering a set of expectations to their new students. These programs and subsequent first-year experience courses convey both practical strategies for surviving on campus, but also convey a sense of institutional norms about behavior, including involvement. The current study explored the practical strategies orientation directors perceived to be effective in incresing student involvement in self-governance activities.

scholarly journals Retention Principles For New Student Orientation Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
Student Responsibility ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
Strong Program ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
Orientation Leaders ◽  
New Student

New student orientation programs are effective retention strategies. It is important, however, that directors remember the basic tenets to ensure that success. This article reviews the need for a balanced program and suggests ways to develop student responsibility, to make the program attractive to students, to utilize faculty and staff members effectively, and to select and train student orientation leaders well. Observations on how to best utilize campus constituencies to provide a strong program for freshman, transfers, and for parents will be highlighted.

scholarly journals Student Satisfaction With Orientation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Nadler ◽  
Michael T. Miller ◽  
Jennifer Casebere
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Orientation Program ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
Cas Standards ◽  
Personal Success ◽  
New Student

Orientation programs are vital to a new student's acculturation to the campus community, and have been linked to students' long-term academic and personal success on campus. The Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) Standards for New Student Orientation provide a meaningful guide for program development and assessment. These CAS Standards were utilized over a two-year period to assess Tulane University's new student orientation program. The results of the assessments have prompted the professional staff at Tulane to examine the rationale behind each of the orientation program's activities and intentions.

scholarly journals New Student Orientation in Online Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
Online Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
Cas Standards ◽  
Online Schools ◽  
New Student

This study utilized the standards put forth by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) to assess orientation in online education. Two surveys were used to examine the oldest and largest online degree programs, as well as all-online schools. Descriptive statistics were employed to compare online orientation practices to the CAS Standards. Results suggest that online orientation programs are meeting the standards in some areas and missing them in others. The demographics and needs of online students must be closely examined in order to define engagement in the online environment.

scholarly journals Building the Connection

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keonya C. Booker
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Initial Orientation ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Students ◽  
New Student

The face of undergraduate education is changing, with young women encompassing the majority of baccalaureate enrollments. This study details an evaluation of new student orientation at a small, liberal arts woman's college. The results from the objectives-oriented evaluation show that initial orientation goals and outcomes were met successfully. Orientation programming for new students at women's institutions is addressed.

scholarly journals Leadership Based Camps

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Duvall ◽  
Karen Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Education ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Student Orientation ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
New Student Orientation ◽  
National Orientation ◽  
New Student

Extended Orientation programs, as outlined by NODA (National Orientation Directors Association), are programs that supplement traditional new student orientation and provide an extension of the orientation and transition process. The two programs explained in this article use the ”camp” model for extended orientation programs, and both are optional programs in which students can choose to participate. Typically, camp models are based on a specific leadership model or specific experiential education component, and they are often successful when students are taken to an off-campus retreat setting for a few days and nights.

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