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Zeljana Pavlovic; Lucas M. Jeno – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024
Peer mentoring has shown beneficial effects in facilitating academic and social integration among first-year students in higher education. Previous research is, however, limited by the exclusion of a comparison group, to examine whether the integration process still occurs among non-mentored students, independently of peer mentoring. By using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Gizem Erdem; Ommay Aiman Safi; Esma Betül Savas – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: Peer mentoring programs in higher education settings support incoming students in their transition and adaptation to college life. Mentoring program evaluation research primarily focuses on student outcomes and documents mentoring relationship quality (MRQ) as an important component of programs that facilitate change. The current study…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, College Students, Family Relationship
Eather, Narelle; Mavilidi, Myrto F.; Sharp, Heather; Parkes, Robert – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022
Inequalities in student enrolment, retention and success for specific demographic groups exist throughout the higher education sector. Although there are numerous and diverse initiatives implemented in universities to support student retention and/or success, experience and/or satisfaction, the feasibility or effectiveness of programs targeting…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience
Hopkins, Daniel; Bieter, John – Journal of General Education, 2020
This article traces the efforts made by Boise State's General Education program--University Foundations--and an undergraduate researcher to improve understanding of general education on campus. Undergraduate students often struggle to understand general education's goals. In order to improve this understanding, University Foundations committed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, General Education, Program Evaluation
Cornelius, Vanessa; Wood, Leigh; Lai, Jennifer – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Formal mentoring programmes continue to gain popularity in higher education, mirroring trends in industry. The study described in this article examines the design features of a formal mentoring programme for first year undergraduates and focused on three key aspects--the matching process, training and orientation, and interaction frequency. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Peer Relationship
Howard, Jeff S.; Flora, Bethany H. – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2015
First year students, like all students at a university, comprise a diverse mixture of personal traits, backgrounds, experiences, and assorted learning styles. Each of these unique student characteristics can either enhance or inhibit successful integration to the campus community. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of various…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, School Holding Power, College Freshmen, First Year Seminars
Patton, Lori D.; Morelon, Carla; Whitehead, Dawn Michele; Hossler, Don – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
There has been very little previous evaluation research that examines the effects of interventions on persistence.
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Program Evaluation, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power