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Byl, Emmeline; Topping, Keith J.; Struyven, Katrien; Engels, Nadine – Journal of College Student Development, 2022
This study investigated the social integration (in relation to academic integration) of first-year students during the first semester at university. Sixteen focus group sessions with 93 students and 37 individual face-to-face follow-up interviews were conducted with first-year psychology and educational science students from a Dutch-speaking…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Social Integration
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Strack, Robert W.; Aronson, Robert Eric; Orsini, Muhsin Michael; Seitz, Christopher M.; McCoy, Regina – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
Disparity of Black male academic achievement compared with non-Black males is well documented in a variety of educational settings (Dancy & Brown, 2008; Harper, 2006; Jackson & Moore, 2008; Sander, 2014; Strayhorn, 2012). The literature has primarily focused on discussing educational shortcomings of Black male students rather than…
Descriptors: Photography, Social Action, Undergraduate Students, African American Students
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Berger, Joseph B. – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Used concepts from community psychology literature to elaborate a revised version of Tinto's model of individual student departure. Employed a longitudinal analysis of 718 college students. Results indicate that students' sense of community in their residence halls was a source of social integration and a precursor to student departure decisions.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Freshmen, Dormitories