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Direct linkNikola Grafnetterova; Kellie Jarvis; Rita Sperry; Chelsie Hawkinson – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2024
Higher education has seen an increase in first-year students who arrive with significant early college credit. There is a gap in research about how first-year seminars meet the transition needs of students with college-level experience obtained during high school. This qualitative study, guided by Schlossberg's (1989) transition theory, explored…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, College Credits, Transitional Programs
Nolan, Megan T.; Capitano, Johnna; Mishra, Vipanchi – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2023
To shed light on how first-year (FY) experiences affect student well-being, the current study used Saks and Gruman's (2018) socialization resources theory to examine the mediating effect of student course engagement on the relationship between FY onboarding usefulness perceptions and changes in student satisfaction and depression. Additionally,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, School Orientation, Student Attitudes, Well Being
Bell, Brent J.; Vaillancourt, Calvin – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2011
Outdoor orientation programs are established at the rate of 10 programs a year, yet discontinued at a rate of six programs a year (Bell, Holmes, & Williams, 2010). This study examined the discontinuation of 10 separate college outdoor orientation programs between 2003 and 2008. Using grounded theory, researchers proposed three reasons for program…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Colleges, School Orientation, Student Development
Mayhew, Matthew J.; Stipeck, Christopher J.; Dorow, Andrea J. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2011
This study explored the influence of orientation programming on the academic and social adjustment of newly admitted undergraduate students during the fall semester 2006. Participants in this study included first-years and transfers enrolled in a large, public, predominantly White institution in the Southeastern part of the United States. When…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Adjustment, White Students, Transfer Students
Mills, Maryellen T. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2010
Improving student outcomes requires better tools for assessing program effectiveness. Student success courses are offered on most college campuses. However, extant research is overwhelmingly summative, of mixed rigor, and focused on four-year colleges, providing limited support for improving practice in community colleges. This study examined…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
Tieu, Thanh-Thanh; Pancer, S. Mark – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2009
A newly developed measure of the quality of students' involvement in cocurricular activities was used to assess the relationship between quality of involvement and adaptation during the transition to university. Results indicated that the higher the quality of students' involvement, the better their adjustment to university. The relationship…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, Student Adjustment, Educational Quality
