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Direct linkEmily Reabe – ProQuest LLC, 2020
While community college is often seen as an avenue that provides access to higher education to a greater part of the population, community colleges have struggled with improving retention, persistence, and degree completion. Research highlights the importance of helping students develop a sense of belonging at the institution, which has been found…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Student College Relationship, First Year Seminars
Download full textFeygin, Amy; Miller, Trey; Bettinger, Eric – College Completion Network, 2022
From fall 2021 to summer 2022, the College Completion Network conducted virtual focus groups with administrators at 47 2-year and broad-access 4-year colleges with the goal of better understanding the advising policies, practices, and programs (hereafter referred to as "strategies") that colleges use to support student success.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Success, Educational Attainment
Smith, Andrew J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine students' and academic advisors' experiences in advisory from the Appreciative Advisement Framework through surveys and interviews. Many academic advising directors indicated there is no specific or required framework for their staff, although they have stressed the importance of advisement training,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Implementation, Correlation, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedGlaessgen, Tracey A.; MacGregor, Cynthia J.; Cornelius-White, Jeffrey H. D.; Hornberger, Robert S.; Baumann, Denise M. – NACADA Journal, 2018
When they enter institutions of higher education, students typically leave behind one culture to join another. Despite the higher rates of attrition for first-generation students over continuing-generation students and undecided students over declared students, little research has been focused on undeclared first-generation students. To understand…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment, Focus Groups, Observation
Bitz, Kristi – NACADA Journal, 2010
In this article, I report on the development and validation of a new survey instrument measuring first-year students' perceptions of the advising relationship. I collected survey data from 113 residential freshmen enrolled in a first-year seminar course at a small, public, midwestern university during the fall of 2009. Factor analysis of students'…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Program Validation
Nutt, Diane, Ed.; Calderon, Denis, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2009
Students around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions across the globe provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues. Based on the successful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Studies, Program Attitudes, College Freshmen
