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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
Nadija Kovacevic – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the 22nd Century of the United States, student veterans' enrollment numbers have been increasing among higher education institutions. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore student veterans' experiences with the support services they have used and to identify which characteristics of support services student veterans find…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Student Experience, College Students, Student Personnel Services
Alexa Allen; Brandon Conner; Brooke Gantman; Kendal Warner; Ranna Nash; Brady Janes; Megan Hellum; Cherie Singer – Discover Education, 2022
Background: The transition to medical school marks a very stressful time for matriculating students. Despite this challenging transition period, intellectually rigorous pre-matriculation programs are not a common component of the curriculum at many medical schools across the country. Students are often not given the opportunity to learn about the…
Descriptors: Medical Education, School Orientation, Experiential Learning, College Transfer Students
Justin Arthur Borden – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives of academic advisors who are servicing the needs of students within the California community colleges participating in the Guided Pathways initiative. In addition, the study sought to provide a detailed understanding of the perceptions of (a) the academic advisor's role in…
Descriptors: Guided Pathways, Community Colleges, Academic Advising, Success
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
Sylvia Vue – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the last few decades, the push for a more diverse student population has become commonplace across college campuses in the United States. With the demands of growing a more diverse student population, institutions have made widespread changes in policy over the years (Gist-Mackey, Wiley, & Erba, 2017). This dissertation examines the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Diversity, Race, Racial Identification
Sarah A. Levin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Student veterans may encounter educational barriers that can impact transitions to college. This research focused on veteran transitions to college during onboarding. Onboarding is beneficial in a higher education setting and, when properly deployed, can help ease transitions. This study involved the development, implementation, and assessment of…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Program Development, Transitional Programs, Program Evaluation
Garivaldis, Filia Joanne; Chung, Jennifer; Braganza, Leah; Arulkadacham, Lilani; Sharma, Richa; Reupert, Andrea; McKenzie, Stephen; Rose, Geoffrey; Gupta, Timsy; Aziz, Zahra; Mowbray, Tony; Ilic, Dragan; Mundy, Matthew – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
The global online education sector has been rising rapidly, particularly during and after the events of 2020, and is becoming mainstream much sooner than expected. Despite this, research studies report higher levels of perceived isolation, difficulties with engagement, and higher attrition rates in online compared to equivalent on-campus programs.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, School Orientation, Foreign Countries
Kercheval, Jacquelyn B.; Bernard, Alec; Berlin, Hanna; Byl, Nicole; Marois, Boone; Puttagunta, Rahul; Holman, Elizabeth; Bridge, Patrick D. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2022
Background: Undergraduate outdoor orientation programs facilitate students' transition into college. Research has yet to be conducted on the few programs at medical schools, which may have unique benefits given the specific challenges of transitioning to medical school and high rates of burnout among medical students. Purpose: This mixed methods…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Medical Students, Outdoor Education, Program Effectiveness
Amy L. Foree – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Understanding and navigating college rules, resources, and expectations is a considerable barrier for students accessing and transitioning to college (Conley, 2007; Williams, 1996; Hooker & Brand, 2010; Ardoin, 2013; Sheppard, 2012). To improve students' acquisition of pertinent, time-sensitive information, many institutions have implemented…
Descriptors: Community College Students, School Orientation, College Programs, Independent Study
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Most children starting primary school in Australia do so after attending early childhood education and participating in a transition to school programme. While this has become the expected pathway, it is not the one followed by all children and their families. In this article, we describe visible transitions as those that are known, understood and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Early Childhood Education, Transitional Programs
McIntush, Karen E.; Askari, Nazneen H.; Garza, Karla A.; Scaramuzzo, Peter; Norton, Michele; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2021
This qualitative case study examined Ph.D. students' perceptions of the impact of a full semester introductory course at a Tier-1 research institution. Results from multiple data sources including open-coded interviews and reflective entries yielded three overarching perceptions of the impact of the introductory class by its first-year students:…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, Socialization
Simone R. Dufresne – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The estimated prevalence of neurodivergent (ND) conditions is approximately 15-20% of the population in the United States (Doyle, 2020; Maenner et al., 2023). ND students are increasingly enrolling in mainstream colleges and universities (Bakker et al., 2019) but report that they are not receiving adequate support on campus (Dexter et al., 2024;…
Descriptors: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Workshops, Program Development
Gizem Erdem; Ommay Aiman Safi; Esma Betül Savas – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: Peer mentoring programs in higher education settings support incoming students in their transition and adaptation to college life. Mentoring program evaluation research primarily focuses on student outcomes and documents mentoring relationship quality (MRQ) as an important component of programs that facilitate change. The current study…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, College Students, Family Relationship
Xiao Hu – Discover Education, 2025
With the rise of international education in the Asia-Pacific, Chinese students have become a key demographic in Australian universities. However, cultural differences between China and Australia often challenge these students' adaptation. Drawing inspiration from the growing trend in the modern entertainment industry, researchers have explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Game Based Learning