{"id":8112,"date":"2025-05-08T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/?page_id=8112"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:05:56","slug":"first-year-student-success-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/first-year-student-success-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Student Success Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id8112_fbec11-5a alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column8112_0c86ff-b0\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0c598e\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Off to a strong start: articulating clear purposes and best practices in first-year success courses<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/blog\/resource\/first-year-student-success-courses\/\"><strong>Charge to the committee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/blog\/resource\/first-year-success-courses-final-report\/\"><strong>Final Working Group Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #0c598e\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Membership<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emily Haddad (Chair), Dean of the College of Liberal Arts &amp; 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