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Cowley, Paul; Hyams-Ssekasi, Denis – Journal of International Students, 2018
This study explores the initial higher education experiences of first-year international students in the United Kingdom. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 new international students undertaking a business degree at a U.K. university. The students described the key motivating factors for studying abroad and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Motivation, Student Adjustment
Belonging and Transition: An Exploration of International Business Students' Postgraduate Experience
Matheson, Ruth; Sutcliffe, Mark – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
International research has established that student identity, engagement and motivation is strongly determined by the degree to which students feel they belong. This research, conducted in 2014, explores how one cohort of 52 international postgraduate business students were enabled to create a sense of belonging, and the impact that this had on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Sense of Community
Davis, Matthew; Laster, Bonnie Bost – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2019
In an effort to improve performance and retention of first-year college students, a few institutions have started offering summer bridge programs. Varying from days to weeks or months, these programs offer an extended orientation to college life, teach specific academic skills and/or content, and help students form social connections with peers,…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Social Sciences, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs
Jaijairam, Paul – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
First-Year Seminar (FYS) is an introductory class offered to first-year students to help them acclimate to the college environment, develop effective strategies for studying, and learn techniques that will allow them to swiftly complete small assignments and sizable research projects. In 2014, approximately 80 percent of universities offered FYS,…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, School Orientation, School Holding Power
Fematt, Veronica L.; Grimm, Ryan P.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Gerber, Michael M.; Brenner, Mary Betsy; Solórzano, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
A dearth of literature exists on first-year transfer student interventions, which makes it difficult to determine whether there are transfer student subgroups that struggle more than others. This study used a latent class analysis to examine whether meaningful subgroups of transfer students emerged based on their response patterns to measures of…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Selective Admission
Challenges of Communication Skills Transfer of Medical Students in the Cultural Context of Indonesia
Claramita, Mora; Prabandari, Yayi Suryo; Graber, Abraham; Scherpbier, Albert J. J. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
Medical schools worldwide are promoting a student-centered and patient-centered care curriculum by using problem-based learning (PBL) strategy, emphasizing group dynamics and discussions. This approach facilitates student engagement, participation, and partnership interaction. However, in the context of the wide power-distance or the existence of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Transfer of Training, Medical Students, Cultural Context
Drews, Pia; Martens, Alke – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Juniorstudy is a concept of the University of Rostock, which can be used by school students before starting their time at the University. Thus, it is an instrument of supporting the choice of study direction. Moreover, we have been able to show in our last cohort, that using Juniorstudy courses also helps to significantly enhance the knowledge…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Beverly Brooks Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact participating in S.T.R.I.P.E.S., a leadership and extended orientation program, had on the philanthropic giving of recent alumni at a research university in the Southeastern United States. The dependent variable for this study was philanthropic giving to the institution during the…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Public Colleges, Graduates, Private Financial Support
Mata, Silvester G., Jr. – Journal of International Students, 2017
The purpose of this personal narrative is to document initiatives that were designed and implemented to increase engagement and inclusivity for international students. The university campus of focus is a historically elite institution that enrolls one out of five international undergraduate students when compared to domestic peers. Initiatives…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Mental Health
Free Speech at UNC 2019: Annual Report on Free Speech and Institutional Neutrality in the UNC System
Connor, Thomas – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2019
In 2017, the North Carolina legislature passed House Bill 527 (now State Law 2017-196) in order to foster free, open inquiry in the state's colleges and universities. One of the provisions ordered the University of North Carolina (UNC) system Board of Governors to produce an annual report on two major categories of intellectual freedom: free…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Universities, College Faculty, College Students
Reidel, Jon – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2018
The students who walk into the office of Jaydeen Santos at the University of Vermont (UVM) are burdened by a familiar litany of troubles. They feel isolated. Homesick. Overwhelmed by classes. Unsure where to turn. Santos, the student services advisor at UVM's Mosaic Center for Students of Color, knows just how they feel. Because 17 years ago, she…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Minority Group Students, Student Motivation
Littlepage, Ben; Clark, Teresa; Wilson, Randal; Stout, Logan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Community colleges in Tennessee, either directly or indirectly, experienced unprecedented change as a result of Tennessee Promise. The present study explored how student support service administrators at three community colleges responded to organizational change as a result of the Tennessee Promise legislation. Investigators selected community…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Community Colleges, State Legislation, Student Personnel Services
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2020
The transition from high school to college is challenging under normal circumstances. But this year--with students ending high school remotely and potentially starting college virtually--this transition may seem nearly impossible for too many students. Young people will need to navigate complex systems of registration, enrollment, and financial…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, High School Students, Summer Programs
Jaime J. McLeod – Student Success, 2019
This practice report examines the results of inserting program-specific, contextualised modules and instructors into an online student success course in a two-year college environment. The results of multiple semesters of pre-contextualised instruction (Northern Hemisphere Spring and Fall 2015) and post-contextualisation instruction (Northern…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Learning Modules, Online Courses, Two Year Colleges
Chan, Matthew – College and University, 2017
This study provides an overview and a snapshot of new student orientation (NSO) and new student e-orientation (NSEO) programs, with a focus on the content and feature analysis of the NSEOs. It offers an overview of currently available NSO programs of 100 randomly selected community colleges from a master list of nearly 900 community colleges in…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Outcomes of Education