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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"freshman experience"”.
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The freshman experience
The purpose of this exploratory research was to investigate if change in sexual risk-taking behavior between high school and college can be predicted as a function of the interaction of person and situation traits. College, conceptualized as a backspace (situation) construct, and personality traits …
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A Comparison of the Impact of a Freshman Experience Program Provided for College-Bound High School Students versus a Freshman Experience Program Completed as College Freshmen.
… State Community College began an initiative, the Freshman Experience program, to ease some of the strains associated with the transition process and, in 1993, began offering this course to high school seniors. The program was expanded and offered to seniors at 23 high schools in a rural 10-county …
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Leveraging large-scale educational data to examine the freshman experience using machine learning and causal inference methods
Institutions of higher education are constantly collecting student-centric data, be it application information, transcript records, or graduation histories. Despite this wealth of data, traditional institutions, where learning is primarily on-campus and in-person, are often limited by …
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Comparative Achievement of Students in a Freshman Academy with Those Not in a Freshman Academy by Race and Gender in One East Tennessee High School.
… achievement of students who participated in a freshman academy program to the achievement of those who participated in the traditional high school curriculum. The researcher used grade point average and composite ACT score as determinants of achievement. The population consisted of the …
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Interrelationships of academic readiness, social integration, and perceptions of residence hall experiences of returning sophomores at a Southern university
… integration, and perceptions of residence hall experiences of returning sophomores at a southern university. The literature has provided a basis for the impact of academic readiness on retention as well as the role of social integration on the overall freshman experience. This study added to the …
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Interrelationships of academic readiness, social integration, and perceptions of residence hall experiences of returning Sophomores at a southern university
… integration, and perceptions of residence hall experiences of returning sophomores at a southern university. The literature has provided a basis for the impact of academic readiness on retention as well as the role of social integration on the overall freshman experience. This study added to the …
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The Experience of Attrition: A Phenomenological Study of Freshmen in Academic Good Standing at The University of Montana
… clear, precise systematic descriptions of the experienced meaning of voluntary non-continuation of academic studies, attrition, after the first-year. Based on interviews with six college freshman in academic good standing, with phenomenology as a research method, the study documented ways in …
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The Experience of Attrition: A Phenomenological Study of Freshmen in Academic Good Standing at The University of Montana
… clear, precise systematic descriptions of the experienced meaning of voluntary non-continuation of academic studies, attrition, after the first-year. Based on interviews with six college freshman in academic good standing, with phenomenology as a research method, the study documented ways in …
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An Exploration of a First Year Experience Course to Meet the Needs of Veteran and Other Non-Traditional College Students
… students, and the effectiveness of a first year experience college course. By using a freshmen orientation course, colleges are able to provide tools to promote a rewarding personal and educational experience. Many first year experience courses cover topics that include study skills, time …