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Evaluation Of The Freshman Seminar Program At Eastern Illinois University And Its Perceived Impact On First-Year Student Development, Jennifer E. Donahoe Jan 2000

Evaluation Of The Freshman Seminar Program At Eastern Illinois University And Its Perceived Impact On First-Year Student Development, Jennifer E. Donahoe

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This study examined the development of first-year college students at Eastern Illinois University in order to determine if student development was strengthened with the assistance of an eight-week Freshman Seminar course. Additionally, this study evaluated the fall semester, 1999 Freshman Seminar course in order to determine students' perceptions of the course and its content both at the start and completion of the course. The research population consisted of first-year students who were enrolled in Freshman Seminar (N = 303) and first-year students who were enrolled in an Introductory Speech Communications (SPC 1310) course, but not enrolled in Freshman Seminar (N …