"The College Student Experience"

About the Project:
College is a period of significant transition, for both students and their parents. Eckerd provides many resources to support students in these transitions, including the unique opportunity to live in their dorm room with a family pet, and a strong emphasis on faculty mentorship. Freshman Research Associates will have the opportunity to assist the professor with one of several projects related to the college student experience. Possibilities include a study of the parent-child relationship across the years, a study of roommate relationships at the transition to college and an examination of what predicts a good match between faculty mentor and student. They will participate in a variety of study-related tasks including literature reviews and planning, participant recruitment, data collection and analysis and write-ups.

The Freshman Research Associate Program at Eckerd College honors academically outstanding students with awards of up to $1,000. The program also provides the opportunity, during the freshman year, for the award winners to work closely with a sponsor (faculty or administrative personnel) on a project of mutual interest. Associates might assist with research for faculty publication or new courses, conduct scientific experiments, work with creative artists, or develop projects related to any phase of the academic, cultural, and social life of the college. Scholars are selected on the basis of achievement in high school and on the creativity and depth of responses to items on this application.​

Online submission due no later than February 1, 2017.