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Exploration of the Procedures and Practices for Providing Student Support Services in a Nursing College in South Africa
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Thembekile P. Skakane; Ntombifikile G. Mtshali; Sandiso Ngcobo – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
The shortage of nurses is a global crisis, particularly in remote and rural communities. Contributory factors are retirements, resignations, recent increased deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the reduced production of nurses because of high attrition rates. This article's purpose was to investigate the provision of student support in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, College Students, Student Personnel Services
Student Perspectives on the Challenges of an Online Orientation at a Large South African University during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Muloiwa-Klenam, Takalani; Sharpley, Kristan; Thahale, Mpho; Taimo, Neo; Mogalad, Tshegofatso; September, Jerome – Perspectives in Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020 gave rise to a number of challenges for first-year experience activities at universities globally. One of the key challenges was the process of onboarding first-year students through an orientation programme that could not take place face-to-face as per the norm. In 2021, the first-year orientation at…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Orientation, Electronic Learning, Universities
Applying Systems Principles to Achieve Greater Integration of Student Support at a Decentralised Institution
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Sithaldeen, Riashna; van Pletzen, Ermien – Perspectives in Education, 2022
The role of student support in enabling successful student outcomes is widely acknowledged. However, student support functions and the structures within which they reside often emerge independently at universities, and are seldom designed with integration in mind, leading to systemic inefficiencies. This paper draws on systems thinking to develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Administrative Organization, College Students
Exploring the Causes of Student Attrition in South African TVET Colleges: A Case of One Kwazulu-Natal Technical and Vocational Education and Training College
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Zulu, Wiseman V.; Mutereko, Sybert – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2020
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges are the cornerstone in addressing unemployment, poverty and building the economy of the Republic of South Africa by producing well-equipped artisans. TVET Colleges are expected to enrol 2.5 million students by 2030 (Branson et al. in S Afr Child Gauge 1:1-8, 2015). To achieve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attrition, Vocational Education, Technical Institutes
The Subjective Well-Being of First-Year Tertiary Students during an Induction Programme
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Chigeza, Shingairai; de Kock, Johannes H.; Roos, Vera; Wissing, Marie P. – Africa Education Review, 2017
This article describes the perceptions of first-year students' subjective appraisal of their well-being before, during and after participation in an induction programme at a higher education institution (HEI). Twenty-two first-year students participated in focus group discussions (FGDs) and semi-structured individual interviews. Thematic and…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Focus Groups