SEATTLE—Among colleges and universities that provide a first-year seminar course, the largest share prioritize academic skills and strategies, according to preliminary data from the 2023 National ...

David Lon, principal of Mastbaum High in Kensington, calls the Morales family a bedrock of the school. He’s not exaggerating. Aisha Morales, valedictorian of the Class of 2021, is now a first-year ...

In a move that underscores a nationwide effort to boost the quality of math and science education, Fairfax County's selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will begin to ...

Beyond Duke University’s general programming, some disciplines also have their own first-year experiences. Incoming students entering Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, for instance, ...

Like baseball scouts, Arlington County math teacher Linda Allen and her colleagues at Gunston Middle School scour the rolls every year to find more students who can play in their equivalent of the big ...

Since 2002, first-year students at Brown have had the opportunity to take first-year seminars — small courses, capped at about 20 undergraduates, that are designed to build community and introduce new ...

When Makyler Compton was offered a spot in the First-Year Scholars at Yale program (FSY), a six-week summer session for incoming first-year students, she didn’t hesitate — even though the timing ...