The facilitating integration, reflection, closure, and transition Gardner, John N. creator Van der Veer, Gretchen. text bibliography cau San Francisco Jossey-Bass Publishers c1998 1998 1st ed. monographic eng

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xxvii, 351 p. 25 cm. 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. John N. Gardner, Gretchen Van der Veer, and associates. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and indexes. n-us--- College seniors United States Social conditions College seniors Services for United States LA229 .G27 1998 378.1/98 0787909270 (alk. paper) 97018833 DLC 970421 20160527195636.0 215632