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Guevara, Lyana – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore what college students' lived experiences were regarding the influence of outdoor orientation programs on their abilities to cope with transition-related stressors at one Arizona college. The study utilized two theoretical frameworks to understand the lived experience of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Student Adjustment, College Students, Outdoor Education
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
Katharine Elizabeth Musella – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The diagnosis of individuals on the autism spectrum (AS) has received international attention in recent years. This is partly due to the potentially distressing and challenging barriers individuals and their families face as well as a rise in prevalence rates (Weiss & Rohland, 2014). Research has indicated an increase in individuals on the AS,…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Transitional Programs, College Students, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Chen-Ya Juan; Penny L. Cantley; James Martin; Brad Mays – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
Requesting accommodations in postsecondary settings requires students to understand their disabilities and needs and describe those needs to higher education faculty and staff. Young adults often have limited accurate knowledge and understanding of their abilities and disabilities. This qualitative study used in-depth semi-structured interviews to…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Self Concept, Student Characteristics
Connor, David J. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
This article focuses on ways in which students with learning disabilities (LD) successfully self-manage the academic demands placed upon them when transitioning into college. Using a conceptual framework guided by Disability Studies in Education (DSE), the author analyzes experiences of 2 college students to: (1) identify student actions that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Success
Weiss, Margaret P. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2011
Students with disabilities face tremendous change when transitioning to postsecondary education. Student athletes with disabilities face additional time and academic demands. Many universities have developed academic support programs for these student athletes. This article describes a case study of a Learning Assistance Program developed to…
Descriptors: Athletes, Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Student Needs
Connor, David J. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
Students with learning disabilities (LD) are particularly vulnerable in making the school-to-college transition where they negotiate a complex constellation of challenges that include academic demands, social expectations, and emotional/personal growth. Although a substantial body of knowledge exists about college students with LD, it is largely…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, College Students, Accessibility (for Disabled), Student Experience
Whannell, Patricia; Whannell, Robert; Allen, Bill – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
This article describes the findings of an action research project which examined the link between academic self-efficacy and the study behaviours of students in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university in Australia. It describes the gap which exists between students' instruction in, and knowledge of, being a self-directed learner and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
Whannell, Robert; Allen, Bill; Lynch, Kathy – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
A sample of 81 students between the ages of 18 and 22 years in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university completed a questionnaire examining how demographics, social context, academic engagement and the ability to cope with the curriculum complexity influenced academic success in high school and adversely affected their preparedness for…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Nontraditional Students
Jones, Lise Oen; Krumsvik, Rune – Online Submission, 2008
The topic in this paper is how former special needs students with academic competence from upper secondary school succeed in education on a higher level. The study concentrates on students who at their start in upper secondary education were registered with problems of concentration, difficulties in reading, writing or mathematics. The main part…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Special Needs Students, Curriculum Development, College Students
Wodka, Ericka L.; Barakat, Lamia P. – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
To examine the role of family support and coping in the adjustment of adolescents with chronic illness (CI) transitioning into college, college freshmen and sophomores (N[subscript chronic illness] = 32, N[subscript primarily negative life event] = 53, N[subscript primarily positive life event] = 16) were administered standard measures. CI group…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Family Influence, Coping, Student Adjustment
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Terenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – 1993
Little is known about how students become involved in the various dimensions of student change and development as they make the transition from work or high school to college. This paper describes the results of a series of focus-group interviews with 132 diverse, new students entering either a community college; a liberal arts college; an urban,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Coping, Diversity (Student)
Patton, James R., Ed.; Polloway, Edward A., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 13 essays focuses on the many challenges that adults with learning disabilities face in educational, work, and social settings. The essays are: (1) "Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Emerging Area of Professional Interest and Public Attention" (James R. Patton and Edward A. Polloway); (2) "Adult Development Theories: An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adults
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
This collection of conference papers centers on eight major subjects: (1) different perspectives of change; (2) transitioning from high school to college; (3) academic issues; (4) enhancing support services; (5) student life issues; (6) nontraditional and underserved students; (7) career planning and placement strategies; and (8) staff development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Civil Rights Legislation, College Environment, College Students