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Ding, Feng – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
In school-to-university transition literature, autonomy has been implied or explicitly explained as an important factor to predict the persistence and engagement of students in higher education; however, little qualitative research addresses students' transition in relation to autonomy, what these students have to go through in terms of becoming…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Personal Autonomy, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research
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McCoy, Dorian L.; Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
This multisite case study explored the role of summer institutes in preparing Students of Color for doctoral programs. Bourdieu's social reproduction theory, particularly the concept of habitus, was employed as a theoretical framework to investigate how the participants further developed habitus (their dispositions, identities, and perspectives)…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Case Studies