The findings of this investigation support the practices in the College Work Study Program that integrate student worker characteristics with job requirements. (Author)

The results of this study show a low degree of anticipated dissatisfaction on the part of new students, compared to a relatively high level of dissatisfaction on the part of previously enrolled students. (Author)

Examined differences among classes in academic and psychosocial aspects of school adjustment. Multilevel analyses showed that 83.5% of the variance was at the child level, 10.3% at the class level, and 6.2% at the school level. Social structure indices yielded significant correlation indicators of social interaction and intellectual competence and…

New undergraduates (n=198) completed surveys on expectations about college adjustment; later completed survey of actual adjustment. Six years later, results indicated that two different sets of items best discriminated among good-standing persisters and leavers, and among poor-standing persisters and leavers. Emotional and social adjustment items…

More than 2 decades ago, Hallahan and Kauffman and others suggested a cross-categorical approach to teaching students identified with high-incidence disabilities (i.e., emotional-behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, and mild intellectual disabilities) because their behavioral and academic characteristics were seen to be more similar…

The purpose of this study was to identify and define the psychosocial factors that affect a student's ability to become socially integrated in college. In specific terms, the study explored the relationship and impact of precollege psychosocial factors in the context of current models of academic persistence. Participants were 151 first-time…

This research introduced resilience characteristics to study the adjustment of international graduate students at American universities. The purpose of the study was to explore relationships among resilience characteristics and background factors; among resilience characteristics and adjustment problem areas; and among adjustment problem areas and…

Investigations are described that were carried out by the Centre d'Information de Documentation et d'Orientation of the Rene Descartes University to find an answer to the counseling problems arising from student admission, through coursework, and upon leaving the university to start a career. (Author/MLW)

Elderly students (N=70) completed a form to determine their problems with and attitudes toward college study. Found elderly students above average in education and vigorous and active. Only a few had encountered difficulty in adjusting to college study, such as difficulty in hearing classroom discussions and parking. (Author)

Describes a study investigating the academic performance and adjustment of students who transferred from California community colleges to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in fall 1993. Reviews student characteristics and community college and UCLA experiences. Highlights the special needs of college transfer students. (16…

Administered College Maladjustment scale from revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to college students in personal counseling (n=27), in vocational counseling (n=39), and on scholarship (n=27). Results indicated that, as predicted, students in personal counseling condition scored significantly higher than students in other…

The freshman year represents a stressful transition for college students. Despite a multitude of social, academic, and emotional stressors, most college students successfully cope with a complex new life role and achieve academic success. Other students are less able to successfully manage this transition and decide to leave higher education…

In any given year, there are approximately 800,000 youth in the foster care system. These are young children and adolescents whose parents are deceased or who have been subjected to some form of neglect or abuse. They are considered "wards/dependents of the court" and placed in the foster care system, making them the legal custody of the state.…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant difference existed in the pretest/posttest self-reported academic and social-transitional anxieties of first-year community college students (n=356) at the start and at the end of their first semester of college enrollment. The study was conducted in the absence of a formal…

The results of a university adjustment survey and grade point averages (GPA) were presented for entering transfer students to a large state university. Eleven factors and GPAs were analyzed by GPA at last college, GPA expected at the university, size of last college, and type of last college. (Author/GDC)