Gardner, John N. <br/><br/>
The senior year experience  facilitating integration, reflection, closure, and transition 
John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer, and associates. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - San Francisco  Jossey-Bass Publishers  c1998. 
 - xxvii, 351 p.  25 cm. 
 - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>I. Understanding the unique needs of today's seniors. The emerging movement to strengthen the senior year experience / John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer -- Objectives and benefits of senior year programs / Joseph B. Cuseo -- Moving on : seniors as people in transition / Arthur W. Chickering, Nancy K. Schlossberg -- A president's personal and historical perspective / Arthur Levine -- Are college seniors prepared to work? / Philip D. Gardner. II. Enhancing the senior year experience. Curricular structures for cumulative learning / Barbara Leigh Smith -- Preparing students for life beyond the classroom / Elwood F. Holton III -- Leadership education in the senior experience / Stephen W. Schwartz, Nance Lucas -- Developing "civic virtue" among college students / Linda J. Sax, Alexander W. Astin -- Stengthening the ties that bind : cultural events, rituals, and traditions / George D. Kuh -- Creating pathways to graduate school / Richard B. Lawhon. III. Developing special support services for seniors. Comprehensive career services for seniors / Denise Dwight Smith, Linda K. Gast -- College-to-career transition programs for multiethnic students / Linda Bates Parker, Katrina S. Jordan, Ann E. Keeling -- Preparing seniors for roles as active alumni / Jeffrey W. Johnson, Peter D. Eckel. IV. Implications for campus services and practices. Looking back, moving ahead : assessment in the senior year / Karl L. Schlling, Karen Maitland Schilling -- Mobilizing campus support for senior year programs / William L. Thomas, Jr. -- A summary agenda for enriching the senior year / John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0787909270 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97018833  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>College seniors--Social conditions.--United States<br/>College seniors--Services for--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA229  / .G27 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.1/98