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Direct linkNehls, Kimberly – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2014
Persistence of transfer students is greatly influenced by academic and social integration at receiving institutions. The purpose of this study was to examine how transfer students and student affairs professionals used Facebook during the initial transition to campus. Findings from 15 different institutional Facebook groups revealed that transfer…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Social Networks, College Transfer Students, Student Personnel Workers
Download full textWalters, Nancy; DeSalvo, Alaina; Shafer, Shakiya – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2017
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Aversa, Elizabeth; MacCall, Steven – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This paper is a case study of a Master of Library and Information Studies degree program online option that has been unusually successful in retaining and graduating students. Design characteristics of this program that has maintained a retention rate of over 90 percent over five years are described and mapped to the literature on distance…
Descriptors: Profiles, Academic Persistence, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses
Walters, Nancy; Mixon, Joel D.; Oliver, Nekey – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2015
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Walters, Nancy; Williams-Wyche, Shaun – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2013
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Graham, Gene Foster – 1990
A questionnaire was developed to survey 120 students during the "Meet Your College" presentation of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Michigan State University, during "Welcome Week" in the fall of 1984. The data were analyzed to compare freshmen students with transfer students, male students with female…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, College Choice, College Students
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. – 1976
The current status of the University of Kentucky freshman experience was examined in a comprehensive study as a basis for determining needed action. The study commission consisted of 59 representative students, faculty, and staff whose work was divided among four task groups: (1) Student Recruitment and Pre-Admissions Contact; (2) Summer Advising…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Advisory Committees, College Environment, College Freshmen
Silvester, John M. – 1976
The paper is intended to meet the Human Renewal Service demonstration project objective: to review the status of supportive services of adult basic education programs, focusing on how exemplary services were developed, implemented, and evaluated. The first of three major sections looks at what constitutes supportive services and why they are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary Services, Counseling Services
Kegel, Paul L. – 1977
A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample (n=395) of public, private (including proprietary) and church-related community and junior colleges for the purpose of identifying the nature of part-time students in such institutions, the extent to which they participate in or are included in college programs and activities, and the various ways in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Extracurricular Activities, National Surveys
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1986
Studies of the educational development of adults were conducted to (1) identify adults' perceptions of the personal and institutional factors that help and/or impede them in successfully completing the admissions process for entry into postsecondary education and (2) develop and validate interventions that will enhance adults' decision and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Students, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedBruwer, Johan de W. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A study at Cape Technikon (South Africa) investigated college choice decision making by surveying 923 applicants during the application process and 314 enrollees during orientation. Results show demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of applicants and enrollees differ, applicants consider multiple institutions, alumni and friends are the…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Applicants, College Choice, College Freshmen
Carr, David J.; Chittum, Carol – 1979
Nonacademic factors that may influence recruitment and retention of black students at predominantly white colleges and of white students at predominantly black colleges in Virginia were studied. The study was designed to identify the special problems of these students and the nonacademic activities designed to address those problems. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, Black Colleges, Black Students
Wells, Robert N. – 1989
A survey was conducted to obtain more reliable data on Native Americans in higher education and to ascertain the factor contributing to their success and failure in college. A questionnaire was mailed to 79 colleges and universities serving the largest percentage of Native Americans in the United States. A total of 33 valid responses were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians, College Curriculum
Davies, Peter – 2001
Demographic and institutional factors responsible for the large variations of student retention and achievement at further education (FE) colleges throughout the United Kingdom were examined. Data from individualized student records were analyzed, and 10 FE colleges identified as serving areas of deprivation were visited to assess the extent to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Adult Students
