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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Transition Experiences"”.
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College Transition Experiences of Students with Mental Illness
… & McClanahan, 2004). The high school to college transition experience has been identified as a key factor in students' decision to remain in college and persist to graduation (Hunter, 2006; Levitz & Noel, 1989; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Roe Clark, 2005). More students than ever are coming to …
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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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Minority Students' Transition Experiences at a Predominantly White Institution
The process of transition to college is complex and has received attention from many scholars (e. g. Baker & Siryk, 1999; Beal & Noel, 1980; Choy, Horn, Nunez, & Chen, 2000; Gaither, 1999; Paul & Brier, 2001; Tinto, 1993). Transition impacts persistence in college, hence retention rates (Tinto, …
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The Transition Experiences of Middle Eastern Graduate Students in the U.S.
… an understanding of how MEGS experienced the transition from their home to the host culture and recommend how to help them with it. The conceptual framework used in this study was a comprehensive transition model incorporating Schlossberg et al.'s 4S Transition Model (1995) with the main ideas …
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
… ways of conceptualizing their college experiences and offers insights into the ways in which higher education institutions can aid these students and enhance their persistence in college.
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The Transition Experiences of Re-Enrolling Student Veterans at a Public Four-Year University
… theory study was to describe and illuminate the transition experiences of re-enrolling student veterans. This research question guided the study: What are the barriers and strategies for resolution that reenrolling student veterans face in their pre- and post-service transition experiences? I …
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Time as Transition: Experiences of Time, Culture and Immigration amongst Syrian Women in the UK
… to its impact on the perceptions and individual experiences of migrant women, who engage with culturally different time structures and different time schedules. The spatial experiences of those women represented by their mobility across cultural boundaries seem to be affecting how migrant women …
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Surviving and Thriving: The First-Year Transition Experiences of Chinese Undergraduate Students in the United States
… used a conceptual framework of Schlossberg's Transition Model (1995) and the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Model (Museus, 2014) to analyze the experiences of Chinese undergraduate students in their first year of college in the United States. Three transition types were identified - …
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Veteran Influx: A Qualitative Study Examining the Transition Experiences of Student Veterans from the Military to College
… post-9/11 service members are expected to transition out of the military by 2020 due to a reduction in the size of the U.S. military and presence in Iraq and Afghanistan (American Council on Education, 2014). As these service members separate from the military many will choose to enter some …
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The transition experiences of students with disabilities who participated in a community college secondary transition program: a narrative inquiry
… who have successfully negotiated the transitions from high school, to community college, to employment. The method for this study is narrative. Four young adults with disabilities tell the stories of their lives and their transition experiences. The narrator, who has for many years …
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The voices of African American women's transition experiences from a community college to a four-year college sharing a campus
… and in many cases embedded within the experiences of Euro-American women and African American men. This method of grouping has potentially led to their invisibility in research on higher education experiences. To overcome this mishap, African American women's experience should be …
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Exploring the transition experiences of recently qualified health visitors to understand their support needs and future career aspirations: an interpretative description study.
To explore the transition experiences of recently qualified health visitors to understand their support needs and future career aspirations. Recently qualified health visitors, nurses who have completed post-graduate training to become health visitors, are vital to ensure robust and sustainable …
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Another door into a new world waiting to be explored’: a psycho-social investigation into the transition experiences of young adults with autism using the Grid Elaboration Method
Transition research tends to consider the experiences of ‘typically developing’ pupils and focusses on the primary to secondary school transition. Accounts that specifically focus on the views of pupils with autism also tend to rely heavily on the accounts of parents and staff. This study aimed to …
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Māori transitions into tertiary education
This thesis critically examines Māori transitions into tertiary education. The research explored the lived transition experiences of 20 Māori tertiary education students in the Bay of Plenty region. Historical and contemporary factors in Aotearoa influencing effective Māori student transitions into …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… in terms of understanding athletes’ retirement transition experiences, and more specifically, determining what paths lead to successful adjustments. One path that has been suggested to influence the quality of athletes’ retirement experiences is staying involved in sport by becoming coaches. …
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A Change of Perspective: The Pre-Graduate Expectations versus Post-College Experiences of Theatre Arts Majors
… there has been a great deal of research on the transition into college, there has been relatively little research on the transition out of college. This is particularly true in relation to theatre arts majors. Though recent graduates face many challenges post-college, there has been minimal …
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Experiences of transition to secondary school in children with a cleft lip and/or palate
This thesis explores the lived experiences of children who were born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and their parents from a qualitative perspective. It includes a literature review, research paper, critical appraisal and ethics section. The literature review is a metasynthesis of parents’ …
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