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Sally E. Hyatt; Diane Cardenas Elliott – Community College Enterprise, 2023
This ethnographic study answers the following overarching research question: How do faculty perceive community college transfer students' academic preparedness and ability to academically succeed at a small, private university? Using data collected from faculty interviews, analysis yielded salient themes: 1. The faculty perception of academic…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Transfer Students, Private Colleges, Small Colleges
Duggan, Mary Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The steady increase of students with disabilities (SWD) enrolling in higher education can lead to barriers regarding the continued receipt of academic supports that can ensure positive outcomes in college; these challenges to obtain equitable supports similar to those received in PK-12 can make college transition more difficult. The problem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Academic Support Services
Knoer, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Following the events of September 11, 2001, Student Veterans have emerged as "one of the fastest-growing subpopulations of nontraditional college students" (Schiavone & Gentry, 2014, p. 29). Military veterans transition from active-duty service into higher education and civilian life facing a variety of new challenges and experiences…
Descriptors: Veterans, Student Adjustment, College Students, Student Experience
Michell Ivey – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of adult learners in a first-year seminar course at Columbia State Community College, located in middle Tennessee, to determine if the content of the course has an impact on the learners' adjustment to college. With the statewide initiative to reach a goal of 55% of the state's population…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Student Experience, First Year Seminars
Monte Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2023
First-generation rural student veterans face many unique challenges transitioning to and succeeding in higher education. Despite these barriers, many first-generation rural student veterans succeed in college persisting to graduation. The purpose of this grounded theory qualitative study was to explore and understand the experiences of…
Descriptors: Veterans, First Generation College Students, Rural Areas, Barriers
Alessandra Bryant – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Family Achievement Guilt (Piorkowski, 1981) is a term that refers to the guilt first-generation college students experience leaving their family behind during the transition to academia. Though family achievement guilt has been examined critically by scholars (Covarrubias & Fryberg, 2015; Covarrubias et al., 2020), little research exists…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Family Attitudes
Tobiloba Ojomu – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Class ranking remains a prevalent practice in Nigerian primary and secondary schools, yet research has not explored how Nigerian students perceive and experience this practice. This study sought to address this gap in the literature by delving into four Nigerian primary and secondary school alumni's experiences and perceptions of the class ranking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Class Rank, Student Adjustment
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Sura Qiqieh; Julie-Anne Regan – Journal of International Students, 2023
This study aimed to explore the factors reported by first-year international students which helped or hindered their experiences of transition to a multicultural higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates. Descriptive phenomenology was used to portray participants constructed and co-constructed views, formed through their individual…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Travis Pillow; Robin Lake – State Education Standard, 2023
With billions of dollars in lost economic activity and untold squandered human potential, COVID-19 threatens to leave an enduring legacy. Especially at risk are students who have been least visible in the discourse about learning recovery and have the least amount of time to catch up: those currently enrolled in high school. In this article, the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs, Mastery Learning
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Ursula Hinostroza Castillo; Cecilio Lapresta-Rey; Cristina Petreñas; Junit Janés – Multicultural Education Review, 2023
This study explores factors influencing school adjustment in immigrant students in Catalonia, Spain. Low school adjustment levels can lead to failure or dropout, particularly among immigrant students. The research analyzes acculturation strategies, intergroup contact, perceived discrimination, and origin's impact on school adjustment. Students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Immigrants, Acculturation
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Guadalupe Rodríguez Ferrante; Andrea P. Goldin; Mariano Sigman; María Juliana Leone – npj Science of Learning, 2023
Schools start early in the morning all over the world, contrasting with adolescents' late chronotype. Interestingly, lower academic performance (i.e. grades or qualifications) was associated with later chronotypes. However, it is unclear whether it is a direct effect of chronotype or because students attend school too early to perform at their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sleep, School Schedules, Individual Characteristics
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Larran, Julie; Schuster, Isabell; Hein, Sascha – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Given the significant amount of time that refugee and asylum-seeking children (RASC) spend in schools, these institutions play an important role in their lives and represent an ideal environment in which to help them to adapt to their host society. The present study aimed to draw attention to the possibility of transferring intervention methods…
Descriptors: Intervention, Refugees, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Rai, Abha; Lee, Sunwoo; Yates, Helen Taylor; Brown, Shena Leverett – College Student Affairs Journal, 2021
International students in the United States face unique challenges of adjusting to college life in a foreign country due to additional stressors of language, differing academic and study habits, and being socially isolated from their home environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the levels of acculturative stress of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Stress Variables, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment
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Bagçeli Kahraman, Pinar; Apak, Yadigar Meliha – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2021
This study aims to determine the opinions of preschool teachers on preschool adaptation during the Covid-19 pandemic process and to determine what can be done to facilitate the adaptation of children to school in such negative situations. The research was carried out as a multiple case study with 22 preschool teachers working at private and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, COVID-19
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Nolan, Andrea; Kilderry, Anna; Chu, Celine – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
Research highlights the importance of seamless transitions between early childhood services and schools to ensure a positive start to school for young children. Drawing on an ecological model of transition where positive outcomes for children depend on the relationships formed between key players in their transition, this paper examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Elementary School Teachers, Student Adjustment
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