Since the first National Survey on Freshman Seminar Programs was conducted in fall 1988, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition has continued to investigate, triennially, the extent to which first-year seminars are offered on college campuses across the United States. Data in this publication provide information on the number and variety of seminars; the administrative, structural, and instructional characteristics of seminars; and the goals and topics addressed by seminar content. Responses were received from 1,013 colleges and universities (overall response rate, 39.9%). Of these institutions, 749 offer some kind of freshman seminar. The monograph contains these chapters: (1) "Introduction" (Carrie W. Linder); (2) "A Historical and Theoretical Framework for the First-Year Seminar" (James S. Gahagan); (3) "Survey Results and Analyses" (Tracy L. Skipper); (4) "Program Examples" (Jessica L. Mercer); and (5) "Reflections and Recommendations" (Tracy L. Skipper). One appendix contains the survey instrument, and the other lists colleges and universities reporting first-year seminars. (Contains 88 tables.) (SLD)