Parsing the First Year of College
Parsing the First Year of College
Funded by The Spencer Foundation, Robert Reason & Patrick Terenzini, Co-Principal Investigators
Parsing the First Year of College is a three-year research and development project supported by a generous grant from The Spencer Foundation. The project maps the comprehensive influences affecting student learning and persistence during the first year among new students entering 35 institutions nationwide. Perhaps the most comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of its kind, the study examines first-year student success as it is shaped by students' experiences, the peer environment, faculty members' values and activities, and internal institutional structures, practices, and policies.

