This section contains overviews of first-year programs at 20 colleges and universities across the world. These overviews are designed to highlight particularly noteworthy and/or novel programs and practices. For example, if a college assigns all incoming first-year students to a 1^st year dorm – this may be mentioned, but not explained in depth, since this is a fairly common practice across institutions.

Information was gathered from websites and other publications, and when possible from conversations with staff from the universities and relevant programs.