In the spring of 2001, College Now formed a Collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning to pilot the Freshman Success Program.  June workshops for faculty and administrators were offered to introduce freshman success strategies such as active learning, engagement, attention to learning styles, and goal setting.  Following the workshops, interested faculty accepted mini-grants to modify their freshman courses to integrate some of these approaches.  These pilot of faculty members met during the fall of 2001 to discuss the ideas they were trying out in their courses.  In the spring of 2002, these faculty conducted a workshop to share their results with other faculty, who responded to the session with interest and enthusiasm.  The pilot faculty documented a number of their innovative approaches in the form of the one-page teaching ideas that are presented in the Freshman Success Program publication.

Because of the success of the first two years, the program is continuing with a new round of grants during 2003-04.  Faculty interested in participating in the Program can contact College Now  for information.