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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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Naidoo, Ana; Byles, Hestie; Kwenaite, Sindi – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2021
The University of Pretoria (UP) began offering formal academic student support in 2011 when the first faculty student advisor (FSA) was appointed. Although many more FSAs were subsequently appointed, assistance to all the students in need of support remained insufficient. However, financial assistance through the collaboration grant received from…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Peer Relationship, Social Integration, Foreign Countries
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Zagrebina, Anna – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2022
The meanings and effects of government-funded language training programs is an important research subject because it concerns possible prejudices against immigrants and negative stereotypes as well as discussions on the effectiveness of immigrant integration policies in general. The effects of civic integration programs are difficult to measure,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Social Integration, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Maria Dolores Castrillo; Beatriz Sedano – CALICO Journal, 2021
The expansion of MOOCs (massive open online courses) is very much associated with instructors interested in the craft of teaching, innovating, and experimenting with different methods to improve and expand students' learning experience. The Erasmus+ project MOONLITE has worked to create cross-institutional scenarios and new educational pathways…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Online Courses, Refugees, Migrants
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Fraenza, Christy; Rye, Terren – Learning Assistance Review, 2021
The problem of online doctoral student attrition has led institutions to explore solutions to support student completion. According to Tinto's model of institutional departure, learners' social and academic integration must be addressed to increase retention. At online institutions, learners' social integration can be challenging because of fewer…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Social Support Groups, Social Media, Electronic Learning
Southgate, David; Egglestone, Corin; Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
This report projects Northern Ireland's skills base through to 2030 and compares this to a number of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The report shows that on current trends Northern Ireland will continue to lag many other countries on a number of measures of learning and skills in 2030. These shortfalls can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Basic Skills