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Navigating Tufts for Neurodivergent Students: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Workshop Series at a U.S. University
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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
Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with First-Year Undergraduate Students Transitioning to Higher Education
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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
Gifted Students in Transition: A Grounded Theory Study
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Meadows, Jodi J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Gifted students in transition to college may be at risk for underachievement, difficult transition, or even attrition. Giftedness by itself is not always sufficient for academic success in college. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to construct a theory regarding the process of transition to college for high-achieving gifted high…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High School Graduates, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
Brock BaseCamp--Outdoor Orientation Programs Come to Canada
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O'Connell, Tim – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
What exactly is an "outdoor orientation program?" First offered in the United States in the 1930s by Dartmouth College, outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) use adventure programming to help incoming students adjust to university or college. Typically, these programs are conducted in a wilderness or backcountry setting, are several days…
Descriptors: Time Management, Drinking, School Orientation, Coping
The Effects of Outdoor Experiential Training on Perceptions of College Stress.
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Kanters, Michael A.; Bristol, David G.; Attarian, Aram – Journal of Experiential Education, 2002
A study examined the effect of a 1-day outdoor experiential training orientation on graduate students' perceptions of stress. Fifty-seven first-year veterinary medicine students were surveyed before the fall semester and during final exam period. Several mood states, including anxiety-tension, vigor-activity, and depression-dejection were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Experiential Learning, Graduate Students
Avenues to Success in College: A Non-Credit Eight-Week Freshman Seminar.
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Odell, Patricia M. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1996
"Avenues to Success in College," a noncredit first-year orientation course, taught study and coping skills, familiarized students with campus facilities, and provided information about drug/alcohol use and other first-year concerns. Students completing the course earned higher average grades, were less likely to experience academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Coping