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This book brings together both leading-edge research and practical insights on the first-year experience in higher education. Written by a large team of experts, the text integrates a variety of multidisciplinary approaches and real-life case studies into an effective pedagogical resource for the higher education scholarly audience of both professors and administrators to address the needs of first-year students in higher education. The book includes material authored by 39 professors and professionals from more than 20 universities and higher education organizations from across the USA, Canada, the Philippines, and Germany. This book offers insights for disciplines including business administration and management, communications, counseling, education, law and governance, mental health and psychology, sociology, and others. Scholars and practitioners in a variety of higher education areas can benefit from it in terms of their work in academic success, advising, campus safety, career services, dual enrollment programs, emergency management, mathematics education, service learning, student well-being, technology management, and other areas.

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'This book is an essential text for higher education professionals […] on how to navigate the continually changing waters of 'The First-Year Experience' to provide the best possible experience for students. The authors are subject matter experts […] helping us to deepen our own reflection and to move our institutions toward pedagogical excellence. Highly recommended.'Dr Somnath BhattacharyaDean and Professor, College of Business and Management, University of Illinois Springfield, USA

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Hagai Gringarten, PhD, is a branding expert and professor of marketing at the Gus Machado College of Business, St. Thomas University, USA, and a visiting professor at Beijing Jiaotong University and Harbin Finance University, both in China. He is publisher and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. He serves as Vice Chair on the board of the Florida Undergraduate Research Association. He co-authored a bestselling book about coffee, is co-editor of Ethical Branding and Marketing: Cases and Lessons and co-editor of Advances and Lessons in Sports.Raúl Fernández-Calienes, PhD, is an ethics expert, educator, and sought-after editor. An Adjunct Professor in the Applied Ethics Institute at St. Petersburg College, USA, he was Visiting Associate Professor at St. Thomas University School of Law. He is a Deputy Editor of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, The Year in Review, and he has been manuscript or production editor of dozens of books published by various renowned publishing houses.

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