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Elizabeth Lapon; Leslie Buddington – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: The transition to college presents significant challenges for many students as they navigate new academic and social experiences. In the USA, 30% of first-year students drop out before their second year. Research indicates that mentoring programs help students achieve social integration and likely have a positive effect on their…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Mentors, Peer Groups, Student Adjustment
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Blake R. Silver – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
Selecting a major is one of the most consequential decisions a student will make in college. Though major selection is often conceived of as a discrete choice made at a particular point in time, many students change their majors at least once during college. This article examines the process of changing majors as a key education transition.…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Intellectual Disciplines, Student Attitudes, College Students
Kyle M. Brasil – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Attending and graduating from college or university has profound influences on financial earnings and career opportunities. Beyond these financial and career benefits, attending higher education also offers social and emotional benefits. While there are many potential benefits to going on in one's education, there are known disparities in who goes…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Educational Attainment, Success, College Students
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Perez, Nicole A.; Ballinas, Jorge – New Directions for Higher Education, 2023
This study examines college access among undocumented students in Elkhart County, Indiana to understand how institutional actors are responding to revelations of their legal status. Using data from 39 life history interviews, we demonstrate how undocumented students' transition to college can hinge on the extent to which students are deemed…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Resistance (Psychology), Student Adjustment, College Students
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Aloka, Peter J.O. – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
The study examined the effect of birth order differences on adjustment among first year undergraduate students in one selected university in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The sample size comprised 213 first year students selected using both stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The adjustment…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
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Fuat Can Çaliskan; Sibel Akmehmet-Sekerler; Zeynep Kiziltepe; Zeynep Aydin Sünbül; Bengü Börkan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2024
Along with anxiety and depression, mindfulness has recently gained attention among the predictors of college adjustment. This study conducted in Türkiye, investigated the relationship between mindfulness and college adjustment through the mediating role of depression and anxiety. Data were collected using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Shiang-Yi Lin; Chun Bun Lam; Kevin Kien Hoa Chung – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
This longitudinal study examined the interactive effects of individual- and classroom-level teacher-child relationships on developing externalizing, internalizing, and prosocial behaviors in kindergarten children over time. On two occasions separated by about 1 year, data were collected from 473 kindergarten children (52% boys, M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Champa Das – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States is experiencing a surge in international graduate students, particularly from Southeast Asia. These students bring a wealth of knowledge and fresh perspectives, significantly enriching the U.S. economy, academia, and scientific research (Popadiuk & Arthur, 2014). Their contributions extend beyond the academic realm, fostering…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Asian American Students, Acculturation
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Nancy E. Thacker; Melinda M. Gibbons; Marjorie Perkins; Emily Keller; Pamela Rosecrance; Marlon Johnson; Erin E. Hardin; Leia Cain – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2024
College adjustment is particularly challenging for students from rural Appalachia, causing rural students to be more likely than their suburban and urban peers to withdraw from college. However, little is known about rural Appalachian college students' adjustment. We explored 18 rural Appalachian students' college adjustment experiences and…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Freshmen, Rural Schools, Cultural Influences
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Mónica Cassaretto; Patty Vilela; Miguel Dávila; María Fernanda Páramo; María Soledad Rodríguez – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the short version of the Spanish Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ-50, Spanish version). Participants: 1513 students from 14 universities in Peru, mainly females (61.5%), aged between 18 and 30 years. Method: Cross-sectional study with the questionnaire administered in person.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Questionnaires, Student Adjustment
Christina Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Strands in the extant literature show many students graduate from high school illprepared to be successful in the postsecondary environment. The purpose of this study is to better understand best practices for achieving first-year student success within the realm of higher education. First-year college students may experience challenges in…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Freshmen, Best Practices, Success
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Grabsch, Dustin K.; Jennings-Rentz, Alexander; Kunovich, Robert M.; Hinduja, Sakshi; Chinnam, Dedeepya – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This research study set out to answer the following question: How does social class relate to social connectedness in college? Design/methodology/approach: The authors operationalized a nonexperimental, cross-sectional and analytical study design to analyze 271 survey responses. Findings: This study illustrates that discretionary income…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Class, Interpersonal Relationship, Undergraduate Students
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Zeljana Pavlovic; Lucas M. Jeno – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024
Peer mentoring has shown beneficial effects in facilitating academic and social integration among first-year students in higher education. Previous research is, however, limited by the exclusion of a comparison group, to examine whether the integration process still occurs among non-mentored students, independently of peer mentoring. By using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Mentors, Peer Relationship
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Sadhu Prasad Kar; Amit Kumar Das; Rajeev Chatterjee; Jyotsna Kumar Mandal – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) has a major impact on the learning adaptability of the learners. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a drastic change in the learning methodology. The adaptability of learners from the various domains, levels and age has been a significant component of research in context to education. In this paper, the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Student Adjustment
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Karien van Korlaar; Koen Voorend – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
This paper challenges the general claim that teachers are always central in the school success of refugee students (Engels et al., 2021; Ghasemi, 2021; Wubbels et al., 2006). A typological analysis based on the self-determination theory of Ryan and Deci (2017) was used to study how teacher-student interaction interplays with the sense of belonging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Student School Relationship, Barriers
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