FYE Mission & Guiding Principles

Mission

First Year Experience supports first year students at 91传媒 through their transition into higher education by providing services, programming, and courses that foster student confidence, agency, and integrity.

Guiding Principles

Collaboration

Individuals and departments who work with first year students build cross-departmental partnerships and work together to remove silos and barriers to student success.

Equity and Access

We recognize and identify systemic inequities that disrupt student potential and success and create opportunities to foster equitable access to learning.

Strategic intentionality

We use research, data, and other evidence to guide decision-making and programming and strive for excellence through relevance and quality over convenience and quantity.

Goals

Goal 1: Students will participate in a culture of community

Students will build relationships with faculty, advisors, and support service staff
Students will identify and evaluate the expectations placed on them as members of the scholarly community
Students will identify with and become involved in the academic, co-curricular, and social domains of the 91传媒 community
Students will engage in reflective and collaborative practices to explore their identities and responsibilities in the 91传媒 community
Students will demonstrate openness to new perspectives in a diverse world

Goal 2: Students will develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions that promote academic and personal growth

Students will select a program of study that is consistent with their academic and career goals
Students will make measurable efforts to advance skill in writing, reading, critical thinking, communication, research, and study skills
Students will develop the confidence, knowledge, and self-advocacy skills to access support services for academic improvement