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Direct linkAngel S. Forde – ProQuest LLC, 2021
University officials are interested in retaining and successfully graduating current students and recruiting future international graduate students. Accommodating the transition of international graduate students into their new communities and promoting their well-being requires an understanding of their needs. A rich research base has shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Sense of Belonging, Outdoor Education
Peer reviewedSarubbi, Molly; Marquez Kiyama, Judy; Harper, Casandra E. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
This article reviews how orientation programs perpetuate or combat an ideology of invisibility for families of Color during the transition into college. Findings identify the ways in which ideologies of invisibility or support are constructed through institutional messaging of dismissal or welcome that influence the engagement of families of…
Descriptors: Ideology, Minority Groups, Learner Engagement, School Orientation
Lallie, Harjinder Singh – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
Campus discovery is an important feature of a university student induction process. Approaches towards campus discovery differ from course to course and can comprise guided tours that are often lengthy and uninspiring, or self-guided tours that run the risk of students failing to complete them. This paper describes a campus self-discovery…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Games, Campuses, Discovery Learning
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
Budny, Dan; Paul, Cheryl; Newborg, Beth Bateman – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2010
The transition from high school to college can be very difficult for many students. At the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering, we have developed a freshmen seminar and concurrent system of mentoring that addresses the changes and difficulties students experience during this transitional time. All first-year University of Pittsburgh…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Mentors, Social Life, Seminars
Martin, Andrew – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
The primary purpose of THE CAMPUS INFORMATION GAME is to help to induct new students into their unfamiliar study environment. Typically it forms an early element of an overall induction program for their course of study. THE CAMPUS INFORMATION GAME has a key secondary theme of information quality that is particularly appropriate for students of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, School Orientation, Campuses
