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Nicole Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a growing demand for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) trained workforce in the United States. In order to remain globally competitive, the US needs to increase the STEM workforce not only in numbers but also diversity. Colleges and universities throughout the US need to not only gain STEM majors but retain them…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Transitional Programs, Summer Programs, Biology
Pradorn Sureephong; Suepphong Chernbumroong; Pakinee Ariya; Kannikar Intawong; Kitti Puritat – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of a new approach for a university transition program that uses a location-based game to familiarize first-year students with the university environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 775 university students from 15 faculties, 9 from Human and Social Sciences and 6 from Technology and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Transitional Programs, Student Motivation, Intellectual Disciplines
Golda S. Ginsburg; Jamie LoCurto; Kevin M. Rodriguez; Adam Panek; Grace Chan – School Mental Health, 2025
The transition from elementary to middle school is associated with increases in anxiety and related impairment, yet few evidence-based interventions exist to support students with impairing anxiety during this transition. This study describes the feasibility of a novel intervention, delivered by school mental health professionals (SMHPs), for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Stress Management, Anxiety
Nicoleta Iacobescu; Simona Sava; Anca Lu?trea – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2024
Transition is about change, and change comes with its challenges. School transitions are challenging events in students' educational paths, with possible negative effects on their development. The transition from middle school to high school is one of the most difficult, generating many school dropouts. Recovering from disrupted educational…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Adjustment, Middle School Students, High School Students
Mahoney, Brendan; Kumar, Jennifer; Sabsabi, Mohammed – Student Success, 2022
This practice report, framed within transition pedagogy (Kift et al., 2010), seeks to offer suggestions to assist higher education educators and administrators to develop and apply policies to foster student belonging. The authors of this article are employed at an Australian university which offers alternative pathways for students to enter a…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Group Membership, Interpersonal Relationship
Raymond Francis Albin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The transition period of a student from middle school to high school is of critical importance because students who can successfully navigate the first-year physical, academic, and social pressures of high school have the greatest chances for successfully completing high school in four years (Allensworth & Easton, 2005). Students who cannot…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Barriers, Intervention, Dropout Prevention
Dorimé-Williams, Marjorie L.; Williams, Michael Steven; Carr, Amanda; Choi, Soobin; Fritz, N'ya; Joseph, Tricia; Pomilee, Brittany; Udoh, Ekaete – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
Summer bridge programs (SBPs) are intended to promote student learning, academic achievement, and persistence to graduation. They are also a viable vehicle for supporting diverse minoritized student constituencies. Our study, guided by a student-centered assessment approach, examined the experiences of incoming first-year students. Findings…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Bas T. Agricola; Fiona Veraa; Mieke van Diepen; Louise Elffers – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2024
The transition from secondary education to the first year of higher education is a phase in which students are faced with many challenges. First-year students may lack the academic capital that is needed to understand explicit and implicit rules of higher education. We investigated students' participation in a preacademic program and the…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen, Student Experience
Joseph E. Doucette – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Ninth grade students who attend Boundary High School (BHS) encounter a host of academic, social and emotional challenges commonly associated with the transition from middle school to high school. To the extent BHS ninth grade students navigate these challenges during this vulnerable time in their educational journey determines their overall…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Early Adolescents, Grade 9, Program Effectiveness
Chong, Yenwan; Sin Soo, Hooi – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically impacted university education as well as created new challenges for tertiary learning institutions. The pandemic has exacerbated graduate unemployment and increased student dropout rates. In response to these unprecedented challenges, universities are formulating more student development initiatives to support…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learner Engagement, Student Development, Student Adjustment
Kitchen, Joseph A.; Kezar, Adrianna; Hypolite, Liane I. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023
Systemic inequalities in higher education have contributed to lower retention and completion rates among low-income, first generation, and racially/ethnically minoritized students, who we refer to as "at-promise" students. In response, educators have implemented comprehensive college transition programs that offer students holistic…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Self Efficacy, Low Income Students
Student Success and the High School-University Transition: 100 Years of Chemistry Education Research
Stone, David C. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
The 100th anniversary of the first article (published in 1921) examining student success and the high school to university transition in chemistry provides an excellent opportunity to consider what has -- and has not -- changed in chemistry education. This review details the development and findings of chemistry education research specifically as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, College Students, Chemistry
Nancy P. Rothery – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The transition from a public middle school to a public high school represents a pivotal point in the educational trajectory of a student. To combat freshman transition challenges, school district administrators created Freshman Academy models. This study examines the impact of two Freshman Academy models, isolated and school-within-a-school, on…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Freshmen, Transitional Programs, Learner Engagement
Schütze, Heike; Bartyn, Jenna; Tapsell, Amy – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
The first-year university experience is inherently linked to student satisfaction, retention and academic success. A sense of academic preparedness can enhance the first-year transition experience. Subjects designed to assist students to transition to university can improve the transition experience; however, there is very limited evidence of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Self Efficacy, Late Adolescents
Scruggs, Spencer; Dong, Shengli; Ducatt, Shelley; Mitchell, Jennifer; Davis, Whitney – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2021
This study aimed to explore the relationship between high school transition preparation and student involvement and integration in college among first-year college students with disabilities. One hundred fifty-eight freshmen with disabilities were recruited from a southeastern university in U.S. The findings reveal that high school transition…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Freshmen, Students with Disabilities, Student Participation