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Download full textMntuyedwa, Vuyokazi – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2023
This qualitative study explored the benefits of peer group support for first-year South African students who live in university residences. A case study design was adopted and data were collected from first-year students via focus group interviews at a selected South African university. Thematic analysis revealed the benefits for first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Student Leadership
Chalufu, Sibusiso; Rheeder, Corrie – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2022
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown measures that were widely implemented in response to the pandemic forced many of the forms of engagement and activities promoted by student affairs and services staff among students at universities to be curtailed or transformed -- at first, so that they entailed no interpersonal contact and later so that…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics
Frade, Nelia; Tiroyabone, Gugu Wendy – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
The power and importance of peer influence in educational settings has been well documented (Cuseo, 2010; Ender & Kay, 2001; Keup, 2010). In South Africa, research supports international trends that student involvement in peer-led activities contributes to student success and ultimate throughput (Layton & McKenna, 2015; Loots, 2009;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Groups, Student Leadership, Student Experience
