The First Year of College: Research, Theory, and Practice on Improving the Student Experience and Increasing Retention

Part I: Societal and Demographic Factors Underlying First-Year Student Success

Exploring the Role of Affordability on First-Year Student Access and Persistence / Jamey Rorison, Mamie Voight, and Alain Poutré

Realizing the Educational Benefits of Diversity: A State of Perpetual Institutional Self-Correction / Michell J. Chang

First-Generation College Student Success / Evan Mulfinger, Chen Zuo, Frederick L. Oswald, and Alex Casillas

Part II: Practices That Foster Student Success

Investigating First-Year Seminars as a High-Impact Practice / Jennifer R. Keup and Dallin George Young

Transforming the "Real First-Year Experience": The Case for and Approaches to Improving Gateway Courses / Andrew K. Koch and John N. Gardner

Strengthening Success for Students with Multiple Risk Factors / David A. Laude, Lindsey A. Kaschner, Cassandre Giguere Alvarado, and Carolyn K. Connerat

Student Engagement and Retention / James Cole, Robert Gonyea, and Louis Rocconi

Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem and Data-Driven Approaches for Improving Student Success / Alfred Essa and Stephen Laster

Part III: Attitude and Behavior Change Promoting Student Success / Nudges, Norms, and Navigation: Behavioral Insights to Improve Student Success / Benjamin Castleman and Katharine Meyer

Promoting Mindset Change and Student Success / Robert S. Feldman, Karan Goel, Arthur Blakemore, and Mattityahu Zimbler

Stereotype Threat and Stereotype Inoculation: Barriers that Prevent and Interventions that Promote the Success of Underrepresented Students in the First Year of College / Tara C. Dennehy, Jacqueline S. Smith, Chelsea Moore, and Nilanjana Dasgupta.