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Khunkhun, Inderpreet Kaur; Fournier, Bonnie – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
In this article, we report on the experiences of newly arrived South Asian international students (undergraduate and graduate levels) with accessing healthcare services in a small town setting in British Columbia, Canada. The objective of the study was to better understand the barriers and facilitators of accessing healthcare services. We used a…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Asians, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Creaner, Gerard; Creaner, Sinead; Creaner, Colm – Open Praxis, 2021
This paper examines the practical experience and research background of one private training provider with over 10 years' experience reskilling and upskilling mid-career workers with academic qualifications for employment in a growing technical and highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. This paper offers insights into how to…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Job Training, Manufacturing Industry
Andersson Søe, Martina; Schad, Elinor; Psouni, Elia – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
The social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged many aspects of preschool everyday life. Particularly vulnerable to these restrictions is the aspect of introducing new children to preschool, since preschool introduction constitutes a natural arena for establishment of preschool staff's relationships with children and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, School Orientation, Pandemics
Dirin, Amir – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2020
Contemporary technological advancements, such as augmented reality and virtual reality, have extended smartphones' capabilities further than ever before. These devices are especially popular among students for performing their educational activities. However, students are skeptical or hesitant to try new technologies for various physical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Schemata (Cognition), Computer Simulation, Telecommunications
Klempin, Serena; Lahr, Hana – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Based on responses that Ohio community colleges provided on CCRC's Guided Pathways Scale of Adoption Assessment (SOAA) as well as on semi-structured follow-up interviews, this report examines how these colleges--which have been engaged in guided pathways reform for several years--are innovating within the model to provide personalized support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Academic Support Services, Two Year College Students
Elizabeth C. Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Past research has shown that using an online student orientation can decrease anxiety for students taking online classes for the first time. This study focuses on the experience of first-time online students from a community college in South Texas using a multiple regression analysis to determine first-time online student readiness in the areas of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Community College Students, School Orientation, Computer Mediated Communication
Hoelzeman, Jennifer Clare – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The University of Arkansas System eVersity was established in 2014 by the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees. More than 80% of the student population at the institution is non-traditional, with time or location restrictions that prevent participation in on-campus degree programs. eVersity Engage is a required orientation course…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Nontraditional Students, School Orientation, School Policy
Kirk, Gillian – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
Student retention in education courses is a political imperative. This research examined the wicked problem of attrition in a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) course, drawing on the experiences of three different groups of students studying early childhood. The participants from each study represented different student groups within…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attrition, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Hendricks, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how students perceive participation in a new student orientation program (NSO) as influencing their academic and social integration experiences during their first two years at a community college in the Midwest. Student retention models provide the framework for researching student attrition and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, School Orientation, School Holding Power
Forrest C. Lane; Andrew P. Miller – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2019
Contemporary literature underscores the salience of First-Year seminars (FYS) in supporting the success of college students. The problem is that the research outlining the characteristics of FYS at two-year colleges is sparse, particularly when certain populations are required to enroll in these courses. There is little information about how these…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, First Year Seminars, Student Needs, Required Courses
Evans, Andrew L.; Slater, Matthew J.; Turner, Martin J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with students transitioning to Higher Education (HE) has yet to be researched in education. Aims: In two studies, we aimed to explore the immediate effects of a Coping Oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention on first-year undergraduate students' relational and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Sharing Behavior, Coping
Ståhle, Ylva; Aspán, Margareta – Journal of Education, 2019
This article explores Swedish students' perspectives on being new to teacher education and what challenges they meet. Nineteen students were interviewed in three focus groups. The analytical framework draws on the theory of situated learning and the concept of enculturation, and the empirical data have been categorized through a thematic content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Novices
Bednarek, Salina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Nursing school can be challenging for undergraduate students, largely because they do not know what to expect in terms of the demands of the rigorous academic program. Students who enter the program with unrealistic expectations of the demands, such as underestimated time needed for studying for exams or preparing for clinical and class time, as…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, College Freshmen, Two Year College Students, School Holding Power
Downey, Christina A.; Keener, Kelli; Siders, Angela – Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2021
This case study will describe the rapid transition our Office of Student Success and Advising and Office of Admissions made from March 11 to April 7, 2020 in shifting all academic advising and new student orientation (NSO) from in-person to remote efforts due to the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic. The Office of Student Success and Advising…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, School Orientation
Shawn R. Coon – Urban Education, 2025
Many urban public schools are often perceived as inclusive due to the demographics of their diverse student populations. This myth of inclusivity reifies notions of equity in both education and broader society. However, upon closer inspection, this myth of inclusion crumbles once immersed within an urban high school. In this article, I present the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Racial Segregation, Inclusion, Public Schools