Universities Looking at Ways to Curb the ‘Sophomore Slump’
GREENVILLE, S.C.
Universities are looking at ways to curb the “sophomore slump.”
A panel of experts from around the nation attended a forum last week at the University of South Carolina that was broadcast to 138 schools across the country, including nearby Clemson University.
Clemson is studying sophomore needs, and new programs geared to help second-year students could be introduced as early as this fall, says Flora Riley, director of Clemson’s Michelin Career Center.
USC extended its much-praised University 101 program for freshmen to University 201 for sophomores and transfer students several years ago.
The second-year program focuses on academic challenges and the depth of thinking and performance required for college students to succeed in their fields, says Dan Berman, who directs academic programs for USC’s National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition.
