Publication Page- John N. Gardner

Publications from John N. Gardner

  • Gardner, J.N. The First-Year Experience: The Founder’s Journey; Sterling, Virginia, Stylus Publishing, 2023. 
  • Gardner, J.N., Rosenberg, M.J. and Koch, A.J. Handbook for Creating a More Equitable  and Successful Postsecondary System; Sterling, Virginia, Stylus Publishing, 2021.
  • Felten, P., Gardner, J.N., Schroder, C.C, Lambert, L.M., & Barefoot, B.O. (2016). The  undergraduate experience: Focusing institutions on what matters most. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Greenfield, G.M., Keup, J.R. & Gardner, J.N. (2013) Developing and sustaining successful first-year programs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Hunter, M. S., Tobolowsky, B. F., & Gardner, J. N. (2009).  Helping sophomores      succeed: Understanding and improving the second-year experience. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Barefoot, B. O., Gardner, J. N., Cutright, M., Morris, L. V., Schroeder, C. S., Schwartz,   S. W., Siegel, M. J., & Swing, R. L. (2005).  Achieving and sustaining  institutional excellence for the first year of college. San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass.
  • Upcraft, M. L., Gardner, J. N., Barefoot, B. O., and Associates. (2005). Challenging and      supporting the first-year student: A handbook for improving the first college year.         San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Van Der Veer, G. (1997).  The senior year experience:  Facilitating  integration, reflection, closure, and transition.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. 
  • Upcraft, M.L., & Gardner, J.N. (1989).  The freshman year experience:  Helping students   survive and succeed in college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Books (Textbooks for Undergraduate Students)

  • Gardner, J. N., & Barefoot, B. O. Your college experience. 2021 (Fourteenth Edition). New York, NY: Macmillan.
  • Gardner, J.N. and Barefoot, B.O. 2020 Understanding Your College Experience;Edition, Macmillan Higher Education.
  • Gardner, J. N., & Barefoot, B. O. Your college experience. 2018(Thirteenth Edition). New York, NY: Macmillan.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2019). Step by step to college and career success     (Eigth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Barefoot, B.O., & Farakish, N. (2017). Understanding your college  experience (Second Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2017). Step by step to college and career success     (Seventh Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2017). Your college experience (Concise Twelfth  Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2016). Your college experience (Twelfth Edition).   Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Barefoot, B.O., & Farakish, N., (2015). Your college experience (Two- Year College Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, & Barefoot, B.O. (2015). Step by step to college and career success (Sixth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2015). Your college experience (Concise Eleventh  Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2014). Your college experience (Eleventh Edition).  Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, & Barefoot, B.O. (2013). Step by step to college and career success (Fifth   Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2013). Your college experience, strategies for success    (Study Skills Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Barefoot, B.O. (2012). Your college experience (Tenth edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A.J., & Barefoot, B.O. (2012). Your college experience (Concise    Ninth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A.J., & Barefoot, B.O. (2011). Your college experience (Ninth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, & Barefoot, B.O. (2011). Step by step to college and career success  (Fourth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A. J., & Barefoot, B. O. (2010). Your college experience (Concise Eighth Edition). Boston, MA:  Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, & Barefoot, B.O. (2010). Step by step to college and career success (Third Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, & Barefoot, B.O. (2008) Step by step to college and career success (Second Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A. J. & Barefoot, B. O. (2007). Your college experience (Eighth     edition). Boston, MA: Cengage Publishers.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A.J., & Barefoot, B. O. (2007). Your college experience (Concise   Seventh edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., Jewler, A. J., & Barefoot, B. O. (2006). Your college experience  (Seventh edition). Boston, MA:  Cengage Publishers.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2006). Your college experience (Concise Sixth edition).      Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2006). Step by step to college and career success.    Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2006) The Essential College Experience With Readings,          Sixth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2005). Your college experience: Expanded reader (Fifth         Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A. J. (2005). Your college experience (Sixth edition). Belmont,       CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2004). Your college experience (Concise Fifth edition).           Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A. J. (2003). Your college experience (Fifth edition). Belmont,       CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2001). Your college experience (Concise Fourth edition).       Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (2000). Your college experience (Fourth edition).  Belmont,    CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1998). Your college experience (Concise Third edition).          Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1997). Your college experience (Third edition), Belmont,       CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A. J. (1997). Your college experience (Expanded reader edition).  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1997). Your college experience (Expanded workbook             edition), Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1996). Your college experience (Concise Second Edition).      Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1995). Your college experience (Second Edition.).       Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.
  • Hartel, W., Schwartz, S., Blume, S., & Gardner, J. N. (1994). Ready for the real world:        The senior year experience.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Jewler, A.J. & Gardner, J.N..  (1993).  Your college experience (Concise edition).     Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J.  (1992).  Your college experience. Belmont, CA:           Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1989).  College is only the beginning (Second edition.).          Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Jewler, A.J., & Gardner, J.N. (1987).  Step by step to college success.  Belmont, CA:            Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Jewler, A.J. (1985).  College is only the beginning.  Belmont, CA:   Wadsworth.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1983). A guide for orientation course instructors (Second edition).  New     York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (198l). User’s guide for orientation course instructors.  New York, NY:          Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.  (To accompany T. Walter & A. Siebert, Student    success. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston)

Articles and Book Chapters

  • Gardner, J.N. Introduction: Fifty Years Later: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Giving Credit,
  • And Sustaining and Adapting the Vision in press 2022;” John N. Gardner; in Friedman, D et al’ Educational Experiment to Standard Bearer: The Evolution and Success of University 101; Columbia, South Carolina, University of South Carolina Press, 2022.
  • Pistilli, M.D. and Gardner, J.N. 2022, in press. The Emergence of the Newest “Professional Class   in U.S. Higher Education; in McIntosh, E, and Nutt, D. The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education Studies in Blended Professionalism. United Kingdom.
  • Friedman, D., Gardner, J.N. Conclusion: The South Carolina Model Lessons Learned and    Recommendations; in press 2022; in Educational Experiment to Standard Bearer: The Evolution and Success of University 101; Columbia, South Carolina,  University of South Carolina Press.
  • Gardner, J.N, Introduction,” in press 2022. Character Development in College Students, Volume III; John M. Whiteley, University of California Irvine, in press 2022.
  • Barefoot, B.O., & Gardner, J.N. (2017). Foreword. In J.L. Moore & R. Bass, Understanding writing transfer implications for transformative student learning       in higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
  • Gardner, J.N. (2012). Foreword. In L. Ward, M.J. Siegel, & Z. Davenport, First-        generation college students: Understanding and improving the experience from           recruitment to commencement. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.    
  • Alexander, J.S., & Gardner, J.N. (2009).  Beyond retention: a comprehensive approach to             the first college year. About Campus, 14, 18-26.
  • Walters, E., Gardner, J., & Swing, R. (2009, Summer). Making student success a priority.  Trustee Quarterly, 14-15.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2009). Keeping the faith in hard times: John Gardner’s twelve steps for     New Jersey first-year advocates.  NJANSA News, 1(1).
  • Gardner, J. N. (2008).  Civic engagement: The transforming theme for the first college      year. In M. J. LaBare, First-year civic engagement: Sound foundations for             college, citizenship and democracy. New York, NY: The New York Times;           Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The             First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2008).  Action steps to move the first-year civic engagement agenda          forward. In M. J. LaBare, First-year civic engagement: Sound foundations for             college, citizenship and democracy. New York, NY: The New York Times;           Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The             First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N., & Koch, A. K. (2007).  Preface.  In L. Hardesty (Ed.), The role of the library in the first college year. (Monograph No. 45). Columbia, SC: University            of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience &   Students in Transition; Association of College & Research Libraries.
  • Gardner, J.N. (2006). Foreword.  In G. Kramer & Associates, Fostering student success      in the campus community. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Koch, A. K., & Gardner, J. N. (2006). The history of the first-year experience in the             United States: Lessons from the past, practices in the present, and implications for          the future. In A. Hamana & T. Kawashima, (Eds.), First-year education in Japan      and abroad: Its history, theory and practice. Tokyo, Japan: Maruzen.   
  • Gardner, J. N. (2004). Foreword: An invitation for reflection.  In R. L Mitchell, Flying          through clouds: Navigating uncertainty and change in the student affairs     profession.  Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2004). Introduction.  In J. R. Keup & E. B. Stolzenberg, The 2003 Your         First College Year Survey: Exploring the academic and personal experiences of            first-year students (Monograph No. 40). Columbia, SC: University of South      Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in      Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N., & Hardesty, L., (2004, May). The reform movement for the first-year         experience: What is the role of librarians? Library Issues, Briefings for Faculty     and Administrators, 1-4.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2003, Fall). The first-year experience as the critical, but often neglected,   foundation for civic engagement. Campus Compact Reader, 10-16.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Hansen, D. A. (2003). Perspectives on the future of orientation.   In J.      Ward-Roof & C. Hatch (Eds.), Designing successful transitions: A guide for    orienting students to college (Monograph No. 13, 2nd Edition). Columbia, SC:      University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year             Experience & Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2002). Foreword.  In E. Zlotkowski (Ed.), Service-learning and the first-       year experience: Preparing students for personal success and civic responsibility.      Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The   First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2002). What, so what, now what: Reflections, findings, and conclusions     on the relationship of service learning to strengthening the first college year. In E.        Zlotkowski (Ed.), Service learning and the first-year experience: Preparing         students for personal success and civic responsibility. Columbia, SC: University        of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience &         Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2002).  Why department chairs are critical to the success of first-year        students. The Department Chair, 12(3), 19-20.
  • Gardner, J. N., interview with (2002).  Improving first year: Good for students and            departments. Academic Leader, 18(4), 4, 8.
  • Barefoot, B. O., & Gardner, J. N. (2002). The first-year experience.  In J.F. Forest & K.        Kinser, (Eds.). Higher education in the United States: An encyclopedia (2   Volumes). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
  • Gardner, J. N., Siegel, M. J., & Cutright, M. (2001, Fall). Focusing on the first-year student.  Priorities, A publication of the Association of Governing Boards.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2001). Foreword.  In S. L Hamid (Ed.). Peer leadership: A primer on             program essentials (Monograph No. 32). Columbia, SC: University of South       Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in           Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2001, Spring). Gardner reflects on FYE at 20. FYE: Newsletter of the            National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in    Transition, (pp. 1-2, 4).
  • Hamid, S. L., & Gardner, J. N. (2001). Summary and recommendations. In S. L Hamid        (Ed.), Peer leadership: A primer on program essentials (Monograph No. 32).    Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The   First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.
  • Korschgen, A., Fuller, R., & Gardner, J. N. (2001, February). The impact of presidential      migration. AAHE Bulletin, 3-6.
  • Gardner, J. N., Pattengale, J., & Schreiner, L. A. (2000). The sophomore year: Summary    and recommendations. In L. A. Schreiner and J. Pattengale (Eds.), Visible          solutions for invisible students: Helping sophomores succeed (Monograph No.          31). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for    The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (2000, Fall). The changing roles of developmental educators. Journal of      College Reading and Learning, 31(1), 5-18.
  • Gardner, J. N., Barefoot, B. O., & Swing, R. L. (2000). Guidelines for evaluating the             first-year experience: Two- and four-year editions. Columbia, SC: University of          South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience &          Students in Transition.
  • Spann, M. (2000).  Rethinking developmental education: A conversation with John N.      Gardner.  Journal of Developmental Education, 24(1), 22-24, 26, 28.
  • Gardner, J. N. (1999). Foreword. In M. S. Hunter (Ed.), Solid foundations: Building             success for first-year seminars through instructor training and development            (Monograph No. 29). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National           Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N., & Hunter, M. S. (1999). Outcomes and future directions of instructor         training programs. In M. S. Hunter (Ed.), Solid foundations: Building success for            first-year seminars through instructor training and development (Monograph No.   29). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for    The First-Year Experience &   Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J. N. (March/April 1999).  The senior year experience.  About Campus, pp. 5-11. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Gardner, J., & Sullivan, B. (1999).  The national newspaper:  A tool for educational            empowerment.  In S. Knowlton & B. Barefoot (Eds.), Using national newspapers          in the college classroom: Resources to improve teaching and learning           (Monograph No. 28). Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National          Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J., & Levine, J. (1999).  Trends and future directions. In J. Levine (Ed.),     Learning communities:  New structures, new partnerships for learning          (Monograph No. 26) (pp. 109-114). Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in             Transition.
  • Barefoot, B., Fidler, D., Gardner, J., Moore, P., & Roberts, M.(1999).  A natural      linkage—The first-year seminar and the learning community.  In J. Levine (Ed.),      Learning communities: New structures, new partnerships for learning        (Monograph No. 26) (pp. 77-86).  Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina,             National Resource Center for The Fist-Year Experience and Students in      Transition.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1998, January).  Bridging the gap: Enhancing partnerships in academic       affairs and student affairs.  Net Results, The On-line Magazine of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1998).  What department chairs can do to foster student retention.  The    Department Chair, (8)3, 22-23.  Bolton, MA:  Anker Publishing Company.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1997).  Conclusion.  In R. Kincaid (Ed.), Student Employment:  Linking college and the workplace (Monograph No.  23).  Columbia, SC:  National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gilbert, S., Chapman, J., Dietsche, P., Grayson, P., & Gardner, J. (1997).  From best intentions to best practices:  The first- year experience in Canadian postsecondary education (Monograph No. 22).  Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J.N. (November/December 1996).  Helping America’s first-generation college    students.  About Campus, pp 31-32.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1996).  Power to the peers.  Keystone Newsletter. Belmont, CA:       Wadsworth Publishing Company.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1996).  Reflections on the first-year residential experience.  In W. Zeller,    D. Fidler, & B. Barefoot (Eds.), Residence life programs and the first-year   experience (Monograph No. 5, 2nd Ed.). Columbia, SC:  University of South     Carolina, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience/             Association of College and University Housing Officers -International.
  • Hankin, J.N., & Gardner, J.N. (1996).  The freshman year experience:  A philosophy for     higher education in the new millennium.  In J.N. Hankin (Ed.), The community   college: Opportunity and access for America’s first-year students (Monograph         No. 19).  Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1995).  Perspectives on academic advising for first-year students:  Present and future.  In M. L. Upcraft & G.L. Kramer (Eds.), First-year academic     advising:  Patterns in the present:  Pathways to the future (Monograph No. 18). Columbia, SC:  National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and             Students in Transition/National Academic Advising Association.
  • Barefoot, B.O., & Gardner, J.N. (1993).  The freshman orientation seminar:  Extending      the benefits of traditional orientation.  In M. L. Upcraft et al. (Eds.), Designing       successful transitions: A guide for orienting students to college (Monograph No.          13). Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for    The Freshman Year Experience/National Orientation Directors Association.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Hansen, D.A. (1993).  Perspectives on the future of orientation.  In M.     L. Upcraft et al. (Eds.), Designing successful transitions:  A guide for orienting          students to college(Monograph No. l3).  Columbia, SC:  University of South     Carolina, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience/National   Orientation Directors Association.
  • Gardner, J.N. (1991).  Reflections on the first-year residential experience.  In W. Zeller,    D. Fidler, & B. Barefoot (Eds.), Residence life programs and the first-year   experience (Monograph No. 5).  Columbia, SC:  University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience/ Association of             College and University Housing Officers – International.
  • Gardner, J.N., Decker, D., & McNairy, F.G.  (1986).  Taking the library to freshman             students via the freshman seminar concept. Advances in Library Administration       and Organization, 6, 153-171.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1986). Student affairs and academic affairs: Bridging the gap.  Carolina      View, 2, 46-49.  Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, Division of Student       Affairs.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1986).  The freshman year experience.  College and University, 61(4),        261-274.
  • Gardner, J.N., & Hebron, C.  (1986, February 5).  Triumph over the first year blues.  The    London Times Higher Education Supplement, p. 16.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1981, February).  University 101:  A concept for improving university teaching and learning.  Resources in Education.  (ERIC Document #ED           192706)
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1981).  Developing faculty as facilitators and mentors.  In V. A. Harren       (Ed.), Facilitating student’s career development, New Directions for Student Services, 14. (pp 67-79).  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1980, January).  Continuing orientation for credit and student affairs         ‘faculty’ – University l0l.  National Orientation Directors Bulletin, pp. 4-5.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1979).  University 101:  A concept for human development.  In Annual       Conference Monograph of the National Association of Student Personnel         Administrators, 23-25.
  • Gardner, J.N.  (1978). How to make students more effective consumers of their    education:  University l0l at the University of South Carolina.  Journal of Southern College Personnel Association, 1(1), 61-68.
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