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College Transition Programs for Community College Students
… four decades the number of students enrolling in colleges and universities requiring at least one pre-college level course has been about one-third of all students. Underprepared students are as likely to complete their academic goals as their prepared counterparts if they are able to complete …
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College Transition Experiences of Students with Mental Illness
Retention of college students has continued to be a concern for many people connected with higher education (Baum & Ma, 2007; Day & Newburger, 2002; Habley & McClanahan, 2004). The high school to college transition experience has been identified as a key factor in students' decision to remain in …
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A Case Study of Freshmen Swimmers' College Transition Experiences
The transition from high school to college can be a difficult and stressful experience for a student-athlete. University athletic departments across the country, in conjunction with the office of student life, implement transition programs in an attempt to assist freshmen with their new …
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First-Generation College Messages Transmitted During the College Transition Process
<p> As first-generation college parents experience their child's transition to become a college student, they are continually forming meanings and sending messages about this experience. Previous research has largely credited first-generation college parents with sending negative messages to their …
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ADHD symptoms and non-suicidal self-injury in the college transition
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
… in most cases students considered the cost of college education, geographic location, and college quality as the determining factors in university selection. During the first year of college, the students had to (a) overcome linguistic minority status, (b) negotiate parental expectations and …
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College Transition Experience: First Year Undergraduate Students and Self-Identified Mental Health Challenges
<p>Retention rates of college students has continued to be a large concern for those associated with higher education (Habley et al., 2004). A successful high school to college transition experience has been identified as a key factor in a student’s decision to remain in college and persist to …
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First Year Experience Seminars: How Contrasting Models Impact the College Transition and Retention
… Year Experience (FYE) coursework to facilitate college adjustment and student retention. FYE courses are designed to support the college transition by introducing freshman to campus resources that can help them achieve their educational and career goals; however, there is much variation in …
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Freshmen weight gain: The convergence of popular culture, college transition and nutrition education.
… freshmen expect to gain their first year at college. The Freshmen Weight Gain has not been proven by standard research methods, however, students perceive it to be a real phenomena. Students concerned about the Freshmen Weight Gain may try to prevent it by using pathological dieting practices …
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Essays on the Economics of High School-to-College Transition Programs and Teacher Effectiveness
… three essays on the economics of high school-to-college transition programs and teacher effectiveness. The first essay studies the two largest credit-based transition programs in the United States: Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment. While these programs are distinct, both of them allow …
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Parental Involvement during the College Transition: Trajectories and Associations with Academic Success, Well-Being, and Individuation
… and student outcomes across the first year in college. Parental involvement was defined as a multidimensional construct that included parent support, contact, and academic engagement. Purdue University domestic freshmen (N = 1279; 55% female; 84% Caucasian) participated in this study that …
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Flow within the engineering pipeline: Motivation of high -achieving students during the high school to college transition
… of the learning environment, making the transition from high school to college a critical period as students adjust to new learning environments. It is also a critical time for engineering programs as high-achieving students who drop out of engineering during this period are not likely to …
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Becoming a functioning member of the collegiate culture: how cellphone communication affects first-year college students' self and identity in college transition.
… and cellphone communication of first-year college students during their college transition and how such newly populated human communicative conducts affect their sense of self and identity during this life period. The findings from this study suggest that participants' perceptions about …
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Intellectual and Psychosocial Predictors of Success in the College Transition: A Multi-Ethnic Study of Freshmen Students on a Predominantly White Campus
… a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 449 college students. Stress and coping models offered a coherent conceptualization of how non-cognitive factors may operate. Cross-ethnic comparisons revealed both similarities and differences between African Americans, Latino, Asian and White …
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Minority students' perception of the high school-to-college transition process and the views of selected informants to the process: a qualitative study
The departure of large numbers of students from college before degree completion can have far reaching consequences for the institution, the students, and ultimately, for society. The retention rate of black and other minority students enrolled in predominantly white institutions is significantly …
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Social and Economic Characteristics Related to the Immediate College Transition of Recent High School Graduates: A Study of Southwest Region TRIO Participants' College Continuation
… between the years 1991 - 2001 continued to college immediately after high school at rates significantly different than similar population students on national and state levels; and 2) immediate college continuation for this group was a function of social and economic characteristics …
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Facilitating the College Transition of Undocumented and Citizen Students of Mixed-Status Families: A Mixed Methods Study of the Role of Public High School Counselors as Social Capital Agents
… (UCM students) encounter numerous obstacles when transitioning to college due to their citizenship status or that of an immediate family member. Due to the current anti-immigrant political environment, these college-going obstacles have been exacerbated. Public high school counselors play a vital …
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A qualitative case study assessing student transition from McKinney High School to college.
… high school, many students will pursue a college degree. When considering education beyond high school, it is imperative that every student who graduates from high school has developed the appropriate skills necessary to meet college expectations. This research study used Weidman's Model …
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Relationships, Health, and Spirituality among College Students: Factors of College Success
… and faith factors associated with the home to college transition. Data from 347 collegians attending a Christian University were utilized for this study and results uncovered that over the course of a year, gender, time, significant emotional relationships, a psychosocial abuse history, and …
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The social construction of academic success of learning disabled college students
… study was to examine the challenges faced by college students with learning disabilities from their own perspective. Interviews were conducted with four first-year students with learning disabilities and five sophomore, junior, and senior students with learning disabilities. The subjects …
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