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Pichon, Henrietta Williams – Journal of College and Character, 2021
This article focused on findings of case study that explored the use of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" to supplement a service-learning project. The project was initiated in an academic orientation course as a part of a summer bridge program in order to foster a sense of belonging. Data from written reflections and a focus group centered…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Sense of Community, Summer Programs, Self Concept
Tanya Upthegrove – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study examines the Black college tours implemented at Inkster High School which exposed high school students to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout the Midwest, South, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. While there is substantial grey literature that describes the Black college tour…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Field Trips, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Costello, Meghan A.; Nagel, Alison G.; Hunt, Gabrielle L.; Allen, Joseph P. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2022
This study examined an intervention designed to improve sense of belongingness for new students at a medium-sized, four-year, public university in the Eastern United States. A randomized controlled trial was used to assess the impact of The Connection Project, a novel, 9-session intervention in a sample of 128 first-year students (77 treatment, 48…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student School Relationship, Program Effectiveness, College Freshmen
Cahn, Peter S.; Makosky, Antonia; Truong, Kimberly A.; Young, Indigo; Boutin, Emile R., Jr.; Chan-Smutko, Gayun; Murphy, Paul; Milone-Nuzzo, Paula – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2022
Higher education institutions have affirmed their commitment to antiracism but differ in how and when they introduce those values to graduate students. Engaging in a conversation about race and racism can be uncomfortable for some students, especially before trust has been established. A graduate school in the northeastern United States instituted…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, School Orientation, Racial Bias, Language Usage
Woods, Kathryn; Homer, Damien – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2022
Successful induction has been evidenced to strengthen students' learning, engagement and feelings of belonging. Technology offers opportunities for enhancing the student induction experience, especially pre-arrival, but has been under-utilised. This article provides an evaluation of an online induction learning resource for pre-arrival students in…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Educational Resources, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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
Tatiana Mazza; Stefano Azzali – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the stakeholders' (employers and students) involvement in economics and management programs quality assurance in Italian universities from the external audit perspective. Design/methodology/approach: The research tests if employers are positively associated with the coherence between program objectives and…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Administrator Education, Universities, Stakeholders
John Burger; Kevin Newman; Doug Stevens – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2024
This study contributes to applied and theoretical research for schools and districts by exploring data-based evidence of the relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and student engagement with school. The paper features trend data on student orientation to school assessed via the multi-dimensional Student Orientation to School Questionnaire…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement, School Orientation
Rebecca Kudrna; Suzanne Tiemann; Michael Swoboda; Timothy Hanrahan – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2024
University First Year Seminar (FYS) programs are diverse in their content and pedagogy. Yet all seek to assist first-year students in the difficult college transition. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate if grouping similar academic majors into the existing First Year Seminar (FYS) courses would improve social connectedness, use of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, First Year Seminars, School Orientation, College Freshmen
Shengli Dong; James Harding; Lauren Sakowitz; Alyssa Pokorny; Paige Shadden – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2024
College students with disabilities continue to experience various challenges in their transition into postsecondary education. However, limited research has focused on their initial transition, despite the significance of its impact on college students with disabilities. This qualitative study examined first-semester transition experiences among…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Students with Disabilities, Student Adjustment, School Orientation
Morton, Brenda; Ramos, Aida Isela – Christian Higher Education, 2023
Universities nationwide have sought ways to support the retention of students on their campuses, particularly first-generation students. One such method is through summer bridge programs designed to offer academic and social support to new incoming students in the months before their first year begins. Christian institutions' faith-based mission…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, First Generation College Students, Religious Colleges
Moya, Jeison Diaz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This research study used a qualitative methodology to understand the experiences of Latinx students in a community college orientation program. The goal was to see the orientation through the eyes of the students and understand their perceptions of how the college's orientation might be improved in ways that help them feel welcome and validated in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes
Shannon M. Thibault – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This action research study focuses on the graduate studies degree programs at The University, to identify master-level graduate student support services that are offered or should be offered to enhance the student experience and aid them in their degree completion. A survey was conducted with all currently enrolled master-level students at TU.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Experience, Student Personnel Services, Masters Degrees
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
Lindsay Jarratt; Charles R. Martin-Stanley; Jodi L. Linley; Amanda L. Mollet; DaVida L. Anderson; Milad Mohebali – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2024
Drawing on interviews with 70 college peer socialization agents (PSAs) across 42 U.S.-based institutions of higher education, this study explores how PSAs create "underlives" (Goffman, 1961) in response to their roles and expectations for communicating institutional messages about diversity. Findings from this study illuminate the ways…
Descriptors: Socialization, Peer Relationship, Diversity, Institutional Mission