The Senior Year: Culminating Experiences and Transitions [Paperback]

Increasing pressures on colleges and universities to ensure degree completion and job placement as measures of success make it imperative that the path to graduation is clear and that seniors receive the support needed to earn a degree and make a successful transition to life beyond college. This new edited collection describes todays college seniors and offers strategies for supporting them to graduation through high-impact educational initiatives. Contributors also address issues related to career development; workplace transitions; and opportunities for integration, reflection, closure, and ongoing engagement as students leave college. Educators charged with improving the end-of-college experience will find this an invaluable resource.List of Tables and Figures
ForewordJohn N. Gardner
IntroductionMary Stuart Hunter, Jennifer R. Keup, Jillian Kinzie, and Heather Maietta

Section I: Understanding College Seniors
Chapter 1: Pathways and Portraits of Todays College SeniorsJennifer R. Keup
Chapter 2 : The Kids Are Alright: Emerging Adulthood and the Transition Out of CollegeTracy L. Skipper
Chapter 3: The Impact of Technology on Learning, Development, and CommunicationReynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa

Section II: Addressing the Needs of College Seniors
Chapter 4: Optimizing High-Impact Educational Practices and the Senior YearJillian Kinzie
Chapter 5: Senior Seminars and Capstone CoursesJean M. Henscheid

Section III: Facilitating the Transition Out of College
Chapter 6: Career Development in the Senior YearHeather Maietta
Chapter 7: Transitioning Into the 21st Century Workplace: Will Seniors Be Ready? Philip Gardner and April L. Perry
Chapter 8: Seniors, Symbolism, and Solidarity: Collegiate Transition RitualsPeter M. Magolda and J. Michael Denton
Chapter 9: Cultivating Traditions of Engagement and Giving Among lr