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British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2022
Students with lived experience in government care can face significant challenges in their lives and their educational journeys. Students entering higher education may be simultaneously transitioning out of government care and grappling with the complexities of a new educational system. Students formerly in care are more likely than the general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Foster Care
Jeanette M. Parsons; Mary Ann McColl; Andrea Martin; David Reynard – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2023
Although more students with disabilities are attending university than ever before, many still have difficulties with the transition from high school. Transition research has extensively examined the factors and barriers that support or hinder successful transitions for students with disabilities. However, there has been little explicit focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Post High School Guidance, Students with Disabilities
Wismath, Shelly; Newberry, Jan – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2019
Retention of students in university or other postsecondary education programs is a common problem for many institutions, with retention from first year to second year of study being particularly problematic in Canada and the United States. A number of factors are known to affect retention, and a number of measures have been identified which can…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence
Wasylkiw, Louise – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The transition from high school to post-secondary education is often difficult for students. The literature examining factors that foster a successful transition generally focuses on previous academic achievement and/or individual differences that enable students to navigate the culture of university. Through interviews with first year university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
Karpinsky, Val – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2016
A 2013 British Columbia Council of Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) research report suggested the need to continue research on mature students for the sake of ensuring access to postsecondary education (PSE) for adults and other categories of non-traditional students. The 2013 report laid a basis for this study which investigates key elements of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Academic Achievement
O'Brien-Moran, Michael; Soiferman, L. Karen – Online Submission, 2010
This study involved a one-time survey of first-year undergraduate students at a Canadian University to determine their expectations when beginning a writing intensive course (i.e., the so-called "W" course, which is required of all first-year undergraduates at the University of Manitoba.) In this study, we focused on the University's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students, Writing (Composition)
Williams, Paul A. – 1995
In this applied research project, the tendency for Youth Workers to treat admissions as a sudden procedural event was problematic at a treatment program. Literature from (brief) constructivist therapies, youth care work, and interviews with administrators, youth workers, and youths at a treatment program were used to solve the problem. The Context…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Constructivism (Learning), Counseling Techniques, Counselors

Leithwood, Kenneth; And Others – 1993
This appendix was created to minimize aspects of the data analysis carried out for the quantitative study of Transition Years Initiatives in Ontario (Canada) schools. Technical appendices for the multivariate statistical procedures used in this analysis were needed for chapters 5 through 9 of the main report. The bulk of these appendices are path…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
Gardner, Philip; Carpenter, Robert – 1985
The purpose of this study was to assess both the needs of students in transition from elementary to middle school and the extent to which those needs were being met. A questionnaire was used to obtain the perceptions of 117 sixth-grade students, 64 parents of sixth-grade students, 37 parents of fifth-grade students, nine sixth-grade teachers, and…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries
King, A. J. C.; Warren, W. K. – Colleges Ontario, 2006
This research report represents the first phase of a multi-year collaborative research initiative of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario. The initiative is designed to develop a cohesive picture of the pathways from secondary school to college. The major purpose of this phase of the research was to identify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Applicants, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students