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Jing Tan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Global student mobility, as a rapid growing phenomenon, has had a major impact on the diversification of the U.S. college student population (Laanan, 2006; Jindal-Snape & Rienties, 2016). There were around 1 million international students in 2021-2022 in U.S. higher education (Open Doors, 2023); these students experience different kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Student Mobility, Transitional Programs
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Diego González-Rodríguez; Cintia Pereira Marqués; Jorge Carlos Lafuente – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2025
The transition from high school to university is usually complex for every student, but especially for minority groups. This is mainly due to the need to create more inclusive universities. The objective of this study was to determine the variables that influence the transition from post-compulsory education to university for students identifying…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, High School Students
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Alexander Karl Ferdinand Loder – European Journal of Education, 2024
Universities aim at increasing student retention, with evidence-based and data-based governance of universities becoming best practice. In this context, managing large amounts of data in university management is a challenge. Sankey diagram visualizations of student flows per time unit (e.g. semesters) have been used as method for structuring but…
Descriptors: College Students, School Holding Power, Universities, Evidence Based Practice
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Liane I. Hypolite; Joseph A. Kitchen; Adrianna Kezar – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
Higher education institutions are utilizing comprehensive college transition programs (CCTPs) to streamline support, promote retention and success, and address the structural barriers that at-promise students face. Yet, research about the role of CCTPs rarely explores the importance of major and career self-efficacy (MCSE) for these populations,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Careers, Self Efficacy, Low Income Students
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Diahann Gallard – Pastoral Care in Education, 2024
This paper considers the topic of student wellbeing using the lens of a different type of support mechanism -- 'dog borrowing' -- which builds on prior research about emotion work and human-animal interactions but in the context of student transitions and pastoral care in higher education. This novel study was about the experiences of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Adjustment, Well Being
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Dallin George Young; Bryce D. Bunting – AERA Open, 2024
This paper's purpose is to review theoretical explanations of college transitions, offer a critique of their utility, and make an explicit argument that the field of higher education would benefit from a shift from a view of transition as induction or development to transition as becoming. Moreover, we propose that the use of legitimate peripheral…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Students, Student Experience, Transitional Programs
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Humberto Peña Jr.; Carly Blustein Gilson; Dongjin Kwon; Luis Morissette; Zoey Du – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2024
Poor social skills is a leading factor why individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lose their jobs. Fortunately, the use of technology has made learning and teaching social skills more seamless and integrated in employment contexts. We conducted a multiple-probe-across-participants single-case experimental design study…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Intellectual Disability
Laura Rup – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study investigates the transition to college experience for students with learning disabilities who participated in a high school transition-to-college curriculum. Utilizing individual, semi-structured interviews with seven graduates from an independent school for students with learning disabilities currently…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, Transitional Programs
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Michael Grüttner; Stefanie Schröder; Jana Berg – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
Preparation for university studies is key to enabling adult refugees and asylum seekers to reestablish their educational and professional careers in the host country. While refugees' transition to higher education (HE) is embedded in multiple transitions regarding social position, educational career, and migration, related identities may compete.…
Descriptors: Refugees, College Preparation, Self Concept, Competition
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Erika L. Thompson; Toufeeq Ahmed Syed; Zainab Latif; Katie Stinson; Damaris Javier; Gabrielle Saleh; Jamboor K. Vishwanatha – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2025
Given the differences in trajectory for under-represented minorities in biomedical careers, we sought to explore how a virtual mentoring program, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), and its platform (MyNRMN), may facilitate transitions in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) pipeline. The purpose of…
Descriptors: College Students, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Medical Education
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Niels van der Baan; Wendy Nuis; Simon Beausaert; Wim Gijselaers; Inken Gast – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Higher education plays a pivotal role in preparing students for the dynamic and complex labour market. Helping students develop employability competences supports them in obtaining the necessary expertise and skills to facilitate their transition to the labour market and to address the requirements of their new jobs. Employability competences are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Employment Potential, Career Counseling
Tara Mae Brown-Ogilvie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Youth with Usher syndrome (USH) can experience unique challenges in postsecondary preparation. Currently, there is a paucity of research addressing the postsecondary preparation experiences of youth with USH. The purpose of this study was to learn from college students with USH about their lived experiences of preparing for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Youth, College Preparation, Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2024
At Virginia's public institutions of higher education, the process of determining eligibility for accommodations occurs in two main steps: (1) establish that a student has a disability; and (2) determine the appropriate accommodations for the individual student. Given students' varied experiences at different Virginia public institutions of higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Eligibility, Student Personnel Services
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Timothy S. Nelson; Mohammed Albakry – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2024
Reporting verbs (RVs) are commonly used features in academic texts. While college textbook authors are less likely to be transparent about their views, they frequently employ RVs to signal their attitudes about the claims and findings of others. University students, particularly those placed in transitional reading courses, however, may have…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Persuasive Discourse, Verbs, Reading Instruction
Lindsay Hartzler; Kitty Dong; Andrew Johnson Kliethermes; Kaitlyn Sandheinrich; Mark Wheatley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with disabilities face many challenges as they transition to postsecondary education. These students are often unprepared for the rigor of postsecondary academics; they often lack self-efficacy skills and have limited awareness of postsecondary supports or cannot successfully access them. This study aims to give voice to college students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes
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