Special Series – First-Year Seminars | Episode 1

In the first episode of our special series on first-year seminars, Megan McMechen discusses what first-year seminars are and why they qualify as a high-impact educational practice.

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Show Credits

Episode Host

Megan McMechen is Assistant Director of Data and Recruiting Operations at the Elon University School of Law and enrolled in in Elon’s Master of Arts in Higher Education (MHE) program.

Production and Art Credits

Nolan Schultheis edited the episode and created the show art.

Music (“Bali”) by AudioCoffee: www.audiocoffee.net.

The series is produced by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Scholarship Referenced in this Episode

Jaijairam, Prem. 2016. “First-Year Seminar (FYS)—The Advantages That This Course Offers.” Journal of Education and Learning 5 (2): 15–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v5n2p15.

Kinzie, Jillian, Samantha Silberstein, Alexander C. McCormick, Robert M. Gonyea, and Brendan Dugan. 2021. “Centering Racially Minoritized Student Voices in High-Impact Practices.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 53 (4): 6–14.

Kuh, George, Ken O’Donnell, and Carol Geary Schneider. 2017. “HIPs at Ten.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 49 (5): 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2017.1366805.

Shi, Qian, Joseph R. Crooker, Cynthia R. Drum, and Brian 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.