60-Second SoTL – Episode 51

This week’s episode focuses on a study of first-year seminars’ impact on common measures of student success in higher education:

Shi, Qingmin, John R Crooker, Christina R Drum, and Brent M Drake. 2021. “Investigation of the Effect of First-Year Seminars on Student Success.” Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition 33 (2): 65–95. 

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This episode was hosted by Logan Morral, Graduate Apprentice for the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

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