PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP, INFORMING PRACTICE, BUILDING CONNECTIONS

The First-Year Experience Monograph Series Series 44

Common Reading Programs

Going Beyond the Book

Paperback
May 2006
9781889271538
More details
  • Publisher
    National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  • Published
    17th May 2006
  • ISBN 9781889271538
  • Language English
  • Pages 110 pp.
  • Size 8.5" x 11"
$5.00

Common reading programs are becoming a ubiquitous component of first-year experience initiatives. Sometimes controversial, these programs are designed to provide students an introduction to the intellectual expectations of college in an often-informal gathering of college faculty and peers. Yet, truly dynamic and successful programs move beyond book discussion groups to include students, faculty, staff, and the larger community in a wide range of social and intellectual activities. Laufgraben gathers examples from programs across the country to offer a concise and practical guide to planning, promoting, and assessing common reading initiatives.

Jodi Levine Laufgraben

Jodi Levine Laufgraben