Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention

Student Satisfaction With Orientation

Toward A Framework For Program Effeciveness

Daniel P. Nadler

Michael T. Miller

Jennifer Casebere

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v6i1.2480

Keywords: Expectations, transition, assimilate, emersion, academic, social, expectations, student success, Tulane University, CAS Standards

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Abstract

Orientation programs are vital to a new student's acculturation to the campus community, and have been linked to students' long-term academic and personal success on campus. The Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) Standards for New Student Orientation provide a meaningful guide for program development and assessment. These CAS Standards were utilized over a two-year period to assess Tulane University's new student orientation program. The results of the assessments have prompted the professional staff at Tulane to examine the rationale behind each of the orientation program's activities and intentions.