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Terence Armentano – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Online learning continues be the largest growth sector in higher education (IPEDS, 2019), however, students enrolled in fully online programs are retained at a lower rate than students enrolled in traditional face to face programs. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study is to determine if online students who participate in an online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Transitional Programs, Asynchronous Communication, School Orientation
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Jenkins, Davis; Lahr, Hana; Fink, John – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
In this article, researchers from the Community College Research Center reflect on what they have learned from their study of Guided Pathways reforms at over 100 colleges nationally since the publication in 2015 of "Redesigning America's Community Colleges." They examine five areas of practice: (1) program design; (2) new student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Program Design, School Orientation
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Eather, Narelle; Mavilidi, Myrto F.; Sharp, Heather; Parkes, Robert – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022
Inequalities in student enrolment, retention and success for specific demographic groups exist throughout the higher education sector. Although there are numerous and diverse initiatives implemented in universities to support student retention and/or success, experience and/or satisfaction, the feasibility or effectiveness of programs targeting…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience
Bessie A. Stockard – ProQuest LLC, 2022
First-year students face a number of problems in adjusting to college and university life. This study investigated the academic achievement of students who had successfully completed freshman orientation through a first-year experience program. The term "first-year experience" will be used interchangeably with "first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, School Orientation, Academic Achievement, First Year Seminars
Eric R. Agee Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A gap in achievement among Black men who pursue post-secondary education remains (Wood & Palmer, 2015). Many Black men start their college education at community colleges, but little is known about their experiences at Historically Black Community Colleges (HBCCs). The purpose of this dissertation of practice was to gain insights into the…
Descriptors: Community College Students, African American Students, Males, Black Colleges
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MaryGrace Erickson; Michel A. Wattiaux – NACTA Journal, 2022
Many introductory students face challenges adjusting to new geographic, social, and cultural contexts involved in their course of study, yet the extent of a student's integration and "sense of place" in an academic environment is associated with their performance and persistence toward related goals. This case study describes a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Introductory Courses, School Orientation, Place Based Education
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Casandra E. Harper; Judy Marquez Kiyama; Alice Lee – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
This multiple case study draws from interview and observation data from nine institutions to reveal the role that orientation and parent and family programming staff members believe they and parents should play in facilitating students' independence development. Key findings include the importance of balance in involvement and partnering with…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship, School Orientation
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Downing, Megan S. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2020
Research has shown the value in both Student Affairs and Academic Affairs approaches to student leadership education and development, yet many curricular and co-curricular programs continue to operate independently. Institutions that offer both curricular and co-curricular leadership programs are uniquely positioned to leverage the expertise from…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Partnerships in Education, College Students, Leadership Training
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Can, Nesime; Kalkan, Bilal – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2021
Transition from high school to college can be a struggle for many students. To support the first-year college students during the transition, various factors can be taken into consideration. In this study, we focused on the role of resilience, social self-efficacy, college orientation, and student organization involvement in college adjustment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Turkish, Translation, Student Adjustment
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Kulp, Amanda M.; Pascale, Amanda Blakewood; Grandstaff, Matthew – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2021
This research examines the relationships between first-year college students' attendance at campus-sponsored extracurricular events and grade point average, persistence from fall to spring, and retention to the second year. Students' attendance at various campus life events over the course of an academic year was tracked by scanning students'…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Participation
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Esther Skelley Jordan; Linda S. Stewart – To Improve the Academy, 2024
This article reflects on the assumptions we make in the design of faculty and graduate student orientations and on the implementation of redesigned orientations that foreground participant narrative. When educational developers purposefully make space for participant stories at their orientations, it is a way not only to share power with graduate…
Descriptors: Design, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Students, Teacher Orientation
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Hunter, William C.; Jasper, Andrea D.; Barnes, Keishana; Davis, Luann Ley; Davis, Kimberley; Singleton, Jacques; Barton-Arwood, Sally; Scott, Terry – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2023
Classroom management is cited as a frequent concern by many teachers. These concerns with classroom management are commonly rooted in a struggle to effectively engage students and a failure to form authentic relationships with students. Centering Culturally Relevant Pedagogy is crucial when effectively engaging and building authentic relationships…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Culturally Relevant Education, Student Diversity, Emotional Disturbances
Joseph E. Doucette – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Ninth grade students who attend Boundary High School (BHS) encounter a host of academic, social and emotional challenges commonly associated with the transition from middle school to high school. To the extent BHS ninth grade students navigate these challenges during this vulnerable time in their educational journey determines their overall…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Early Adolescents, Grade 9, Program Effectiveness
Karen Ruth Wolak – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative, ex post facto study was to evaluate if and to what extent the time spent on online orientation experiences is predictive of the persistence and academic achievement of first-session, post-traditional, online students. Post-traditional students withdraw from their first year of university studies at a higher rate…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, College Students, At Risk Students
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Barrera, Magdalena L. – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2020
In recent years, an increasing number of universities have qualified as Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), thanks in part to significant growth in the numbers of Latinx students who are enrolling in bachelor's degree programs. A greater proportion of this student population is completing bachelor's degrees and continuing into master's and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, School Orientation, Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students
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