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A New Frontier: The Transformative Essence of F-1 International Students at Suburban Community Colleges in the American Midwest
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Gregory Michael Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative study explored the impediments, social adjustments challenges, and classroom experiences of F-1 international students enrolled at community colleges in the Midwest region of the United States with at least one semester completed after their arrival. Through their respective accounts, the participants shared their positive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Suburban Schools, Community Colleges, Social Adjustment
Case Study Examination of a Transfer Seminar at a Four-Year Institution
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Patricoski, Adam T. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This case study examines how students navigate transfer from a community college to a four-year institution through the context of a transfer seminar course. Research has shown that these courses can be relevant support for students in their first semester post-transfer. Yet, no research has qualitatively examined student adjustment through a…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Seminars, Community Colleges, Transitional Programs
Identifying Transfer Student Subgroups by Academic and Social Adjustment: A Latent Class Analysis
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Fematt, Veronica L.; Grimm, Ryan P.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Gerber, Michael M.; Brenner, Mary Betsy; Solórzano, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
A dearth of literature exists on first-year transfer student interventions, which makes it difficult to determine whether there are transfer student subgroups that struggle more than others. This study used a latent class analysis to examine whether meaningful subgroups of transfer students emerged based on their response patterns to measures of…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Selective Admission
Differentiation of Self and Effortful Control: Predictors of Non-Traditional Students' Adjustment to Community College
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Cleland, Nicole R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The community college (CCcc) setting has become increasingly important in education; yet, graduation rates are low (20%) compared 4-year colleges (69%). Researchers have focused on factors that predict college students' retention and graduation. Measures of students' academic, social, and personal-emotional adjustment to colleges have been found…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Nontraditional Students, Student Adjustment
Psychological Orientation, Perceptions of Institutional Climate, and Their Relationship to the Social and Academic Adjustment of African American Community College Students
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Scott, Johnny – ProQuest LLC, 2016
When examined more thoroughly, the complexities created by the discrepancies between admission and graduation of African American students point to the impact of their psychological orientation to community college. It simultaneously highlights the degree of their mainstream orientation experience and its impact on their perceptions of…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Organizational Climate, African American Community, College Students
Do Student Demographics and Community College Experiences Influence the Adjustment Process of Adult Vertical Transfer Students?
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Schwehm, Jeremy S. – Community College Enterprise, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify demographic variables and community college experiences that influence the academic and social adjustment process of adult vertical transfer students at the university. Data collected on adult vertical transfer student demographic information and community college experiences were examined in…
Descriptors: Demography, Student Characteristics, Student Diversity, Community Colleges