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Download full textHubbuch, Chris; Stucker, Keelie – Online Submission, 2015
Schools implementing positive behavioral interventions and supports work to establish and maintain fidelity of school-wide systems and practices. Depending on the mobility rate of the student population, initial efforts may not be enough to adequately support and personalize the induction experience for highly mobile students. This monograph will…
Descriptors: Transfer Students, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Mobility, School Orientation
Loewenberg, Aaron – New America, 2019
There are many actions schools and districts can take to help ensure a child's transition into kindergarten is smooth and stress-free for her and her family. This report highlights innovative efforts schools and districts across the country are taking to ease the transition into kindergarten for families and students, including students who did…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
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Direct linkSmith, Jolan M.; Kataoka, Sheryl H.; Segovi, Francisco R.; Osuna, Anthony; Arriaga, Ivette; Garcia, Consuelo D.; Lee, Hyon Soo; Chiappe, Jenny C.; Juarez, Joseph L.; Kasari, Connie; Hassrick, Elizabeth McGhee; Jones, Felica; Mandell, David S.; Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Mundy, Peter C.; Smith, Tristram; Linares, Deborah E. – Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, 2021
Few studies use a strengths-based perspective to identify strategies that support K-12 school transitions for historically minoritized families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the present study, university researchers partnered with community stakeholders (e.g., disability advocates, community health organizations, etc.) in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
McClain, Kristy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this correlational study was to analyze the satisfaction and success of both beginner and advanced students at community colleges in the state of Mississippi who were enrolled in online education and to determine if an online orientation would increase persistence. The following relationships were analyzed: (1) the significance of…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Satisfaction, Success
Roberts, Jenny – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
Student attrition remains a persistent problem within the Australian higher education sector. Contributing factors include financial, reputational and quality issues, which can pose significant risks for a university's sustainability. Institutional culture is fundamental to decisions student make about withdrawing or remaining in higher education.…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Higher Education
Myrtveit, Solbjørg Makalani; Askeland, Kristin Gärtner; Knapstad, Marit; Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Skogen, Jens Christoffer – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Norwegian universities and university colleges yearly arrange an introductory week to welcome new students. This study provides new insight about who takes part in the event, to what degree students are satisfied with the event, and whether participation is associated with social integration. Data from the Norwegian study of students' health and…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Universities
Woods, Chenoa S.; Richard, Keith; Park, Toby; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
In this article we report on our exploration of academic advising practices at 19 community colleges in the Florida College System after the implementation of Senate Bill 1720. This bill made developmental education optional for many students and mandated that colleges provide academic advising for all new students. Descriptive statistics of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation
Slantcheva-Durst, Snejana; Knaggs, Christine – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
This article reports on community college international students' perspectives on opportunities for and levels of involvement in campus activities in and outside the classroom. Findings are based on focus groups with 24 international students from two large urban Midwestern community colleges. Guided by research, the study explored the major prior…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Foreign Students, Student Participation
Scanlon, Margaret; Leahy, Pat; Jenkinson, Hilary; Powell, Fred – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
Over the last few decades there has been increased recognition that the concept of 'access' encompasses not only entry to higher education (HE) but also participation and successful completion. Despite this, very little research has been carried out in Ireland on non-traditional students' experience of university. This article explores the…
Descriptors: Working Class, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Sense of Community
Garner, Russell J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
An examination of the recent literature revealed there are no established standards for orienting online doctoral students. To address this problem, the relevant literature was examined and suggested that doctoral students can be effectively oriented to their academic environment when provided with the requisite programmatic and institutional…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, School Orientation, Computer Mediated Communication, Program Development
Lallie, Harjinder Singh – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
Campus discovery is an important feature of a university student induction process. Approaches towards campus discovery differ from course to course and can comprise guided tours that are often lengthy and uninspiring, or self-guided tours that run the risk of students failing to complete them. This paper describes a campus self-discovery…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Games, Campuses, Discovery Learning
Murtagh, S.; Ridley, A.; Frings, D.; Kerr-Pertic, S. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
The first year of study in higher education is a time of major transition for students. While the importance of induction has been widely demonstrated, there is evidence to suggest that not all students benefit equally from participation in induction. This study examined attendance rates at induction, the relationship between induction attendance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Attendance Patterns
Chigeza, Shingairai; de Kock, Johannes H.; Roos, Vera; Wissing, Marie P. – Africa Education Review, 2017
This article describes the perceptions of first-year students' subjective appraisal of their well-being before, during and after participation in an induction programme at a higher education institution (HEI). Twenty-two first-year students participated in focus group discussions (FGDs) and semi-structured individual interviews. Thematic and…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Focus Groups
Hart, Tracy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this single case study was to examine the relationship between online students' use of support services and their feelings of mattering using a convergent parallel research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Students enrolled exclusively in online classes during the academic year 2015-2016 at the University of New…
Descriptors: College Students, Electronic Learning, Student Personnel Services, Case Studies
Barco Quinonez, JennyErika M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
By using two major areas of scholarship drawn from Student Development Theory, this qualitative case study examined first-generation Latina(o) college students in a large urban institution and their experiences with academic advisement applying Transition Theory, based on the work of Schlossberg (1981; 1995) and expanded upon by Goodman,…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, College Freshmen, Academic Advising
