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Peer reviewedPratt, Michael W.; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pancer, S. Mark; Alisat, Susan; Bowers, Colleen; Mackey, Kathleen; Ostaniewicz, Alexandra; Rog, Evelina; Terzian, Bert; Thomas, Nicola – Journal of College Student Development, 2000
Describes an intervention involving social-support-focused discussion groups for the transition to university. Fifty first-year students participating in six groups showed better adjustment to university and fewer behavioral problems compared with a randomly assigned control group (N=46) at a follow-up evaluation conducted at the end of the year.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Higher Education
Direct linkPancer, S. Mark; Pratt, Michael; Hunsberger, Bruce; Alisat, Susan – Guidance & Counselling, 2004
This article discusses recent programs and procedures based at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, designed to help students' transition from high school to university. Students are poorly prepared for university, and the meagre assistance they get from pre-university orientations, or even from longer-term programs such as University…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attrition, Expectation, Intervention
