Even a Weekend Works

Abstract

Helping first-year students become involved in college via semester- or year-long first-year orientation programs is a major undertaking for college and university administrators. The effect of a weekend-long orientation program on students' involvement in college had yet to be determined until the current study. The authors describe such a program and evaluate its utility. Results revealed that incoming first-year students who attended a weekend-long orientation program were involved in school during their first year, than those who did not attend the program.

Keywords

• involvement
• freshmen
• orientation
• seminars
• courses
• adventure therapy
• personal growth
• experiential learning
• community college
• team building