Orientation at Boston College — a time when incoming students register for classes, meet peers and learn about campus resources — lasts three days. The school year at this Jesuit Catholic university ...

First-year composition courses, which are required of incoming students at many colleges and universities, lack cachet. No student gets excited about a comp class, and the faculty who teach these ...

During the last week of classes for the fall semester, two first-year seminars gathered together for an interactive joint ...

Yale College in August welcomed 1,640 new first-year students to New Haven as members of the Class of 2029. They were joined by 34 new transfer students and 28 new adult students matriculating through ...