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Half-Baby, Half-Man: The Creation of Official Freshman Programming in U.S. Higher Education, 1905-1930

Mercerhill, Jessica Leigh

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
Although the word “freshman” has been around for centuries, the idea of the freshman as someone who is in need of special care and services in college or university is much newer. While much research has been done on the effectiveness of first-year student programming, little has been published about the origins and evolution of the concept of caring for the freshman through programming in American higher education. While a few scattered services were developed in the late 1800s, my research points to Harvard President Albert Laurence Lowell’s 1909 inaugural address as inspiring a national conversation about the need to care for freshmen. Data regarding the proliferation of new programs and structure devoted to freshmen from 1905 until 1930, the justifications institutions provided for allocating resources for freshmen, and the identification of forces that drove the development of such programs provide a historical picture that lays the foundation for current first-year student programming practices.
Bruce Kimball (Advisor)
154 p.

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  • Mercerhill, J. L. (2017). Half-Baby, Half-Man: The Creation of Official Freshman Programming in U.S. Higher Education, 1905-1930 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1510595840759034

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mercerhill, Jessica. Half-Baby, Half-Man: The Creation of Official Freshman Programming in U.S. Higher Education, 1905-1930 . 2017. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1510595840759034.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mercerhill, Jessica. "Half-Baby, Half-Man: The Creation of Official Freshman Programming in U.S. Higher Education, 1905-1930 ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1510595840759034

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)