Focus on first-year success: Perspectives emerging from South Africa and beyond

Date
2009
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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Abstract
BOOK BLURB: The importance of the first-year experience is now well recognised. This collection of papers makes a fascinating and important contribution to our understanding of students’ transition to higher education. This is a scholarly, engaging and illuminating text, that is relevant not only in the context of South Africa, but for anyone interested in student learning in the first year of university education.
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The original publication is available from AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch: South Africa.
CITATION: Leibowitz, B, Van Der Merwe, A. & Van Schalkwyk, S. 2009. Focus on First-Year Success: Perspectives Emerging from South Africa and Beyond, Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA.
Keywords
Education, Higher -- Curricula, First-year experience (FYE), College student development programs, Counseling in higher education, Education, Higher -- Curricula -- Success, First-year students -- Global trends
Citation
Leibowitz, B, Van Der Merwe, A. & Van Schalkwyk, S. 2009. Focus on First-Year Success: Perspectives Emerging from South Africa and Beyond, Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA.