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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"first year of college"”.
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AVID Program Graduates: Negotiating the First Year of College
… in San Diego County for more than twenty years, there was a lack of research investigating how AVID program graduates experienced the transition to college. A well-established positive correlation between acceptances to four-year universities by AVID program graduates exists, but research …
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Predicting the Academic Success of Transfer Students During the First Year of College
The majority of the research conducted to date on transfer student academic success compares transfer students with first-year freshmen or native students (Belcheir, 1999, 2001; Carlan, 2001; Cohen & Brawer, 1987; Cope & Hannah, 1975; Eimers & Mullen, 1997; Glass & Harrington, 2002; Keeley & House, …
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Third-Culture Students: An Exploratory Study of Transition In the First Year of College
<p>The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of third-culture students who repatriated to the United States for their first year of college. In the context of this research, third-culture students are American children who lived overseas as a result of their parents' …
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The Effects of Encouraging Student-Faculty Interaction on Academic Success, Identity Development, and Student Retention in the First Year of College
… was designed to investigate the effects of a brief intervention encouraging student-faculty interaction among college students on their academic achievement, college adjustment and intent to withdraw. Additionally, the effects of identity style on academic achievement, college adjustment, …
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Predicting the Academic Success of Female Engineering Students During the First Year of College Using the SAT and Non-Cognitive Variables
The purpose of this study was to determine the value of the Non Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in predicting the academic achievement of first year female engineering students. Ancis and Sedlacek (1997) studied non-cognitive variables with a general population …
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First-year seminars and student persistence in selected 4-year institutions: a study from the 2006 national survey on first-year seminars
Matriculating to college is a critical time in the life of transitioning students. Students in their first year of college face change the transition to being independent and meeting people from diverse backgrounds. Colleges and universities recognize the first year of college as one of the most …
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The Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in Helping First Year Students Develop Occupational Adaptation Skills
… To evaluate the effectiveness of peer mentoring in helping first year, first-generation college students at Dominican University of California (DUC) adapt to university life and navigate the occupational challenges experienced during the first year of college.</p> …
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
… that 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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Surviving and Thriving: The First-Year Transition Experiences of Chinese Undergraduate Students in the United States
<p>The number of international students pursuing degrees at U.S. institutions at the undergraduate level surpassed those at the graduate level for the first time in 2013. Additionally, the majority of international students coming to the U.S. are from China. This phenomenological study used a …
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First Year College Experiences of California’s Central Valley Latina/o/x Students
<p>Making the decision to attend and pursue college as a means of social mobility is an option students in the state of California make every year when graduating high school. Scholars have contributed extensively to understand how students prepare and transition into their first year of college, …
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The Revengers: A Novel
… and their adventures as the “Revengers,” a pair of semi-superheroic vigilantes. I started writing the book during the summer of 2009 and have the spent the last two years rewriting and revising. This novel is my first and is not meant to be autobiographical, although certain characters and events …
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A Seven Year Analysis of Early College Programs in Ohio: A Cost Efficient Way to Improve Degree Attainment
… education leaders believe increasing the number of Ohio citizens who have attained a post-secondary degree will help Ohio improve its competitiveness in the national and global economy. One cost effective way to improve the college degree attainment rate for recent high school graduates is early …
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City Sons: How First-Generation College-Going African American Males Attending College in and around Their City of Origin Transition to and Persist within Post-Secondary Education
College retention, persistence, and success levels continue to be lower for students of color, first-generation students, and low-income students compared to the White majority. This study, focusing on African American males from Philadelphia, set out to investigate the challenges that young, …
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Beyond Retention: Exploring Mental Health Benefits of Living Learning Programs
… experience for a significant proportion of first-year students who may struggle to cope with dramatic changes in academic and social demands. Despite available resources and services, universities continue to report significant attrition rates and increases in severity and intensity of …
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Friendships across time and space: the effects of a life transition on friendships
… research examining the friendship dynamics of long-distance friends is rare, and the effects of communication and personality on long-distance friendship maintenance have not been fully explored. The present study represents a longitudinal examination of the effects of communication and …
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From High School to College: Factors Shaping the Collegiate Experience
… this study was to develop an understanding of undergraduate college students' Social readiness for the collegiate experience. The study made use of a qualitative approach and a narrative research design that used focus group interviews. The seven focus group interviews were conducted at four …
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ADHD Symptoms and Risk for Alcohol Use and Cigarette Smoking Among College Students: What Role do Social-Cognitive Factors Play?
… (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder which often persists into adulthood and has been associated with an increased risk for substance use. Although more college students with high levels of ADHD symptoms are attending college, little research has examined whether ADHD symptoms are associated …
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Student success and geography: An analysis of contributing factors that determine college academic achievement and persistence of Black males
<p>The purpose of the study was to analyze the relationship between academic and nonacademic determinants of academic achievement and persistence and to identify how university geographic location influences the likelihood of Black male persistence. Quantitative data was drawn from the 2012/14 …
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