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Peter J. O. Aloka – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
First-year students at universities continue to experience adjustment challenges which are an indication of low academic buoyancy. Academic buoyancy is a student's ability to succeed amidst academic difficulties and setbacks in academic settings. This study examined the gender differences in academic buoyancy among first-year undergraduate…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Poling, Kirsten – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2015
Would you like to help your students adjust to university life? Perhaps you are simply interested in allowing them to feel more integrated into a department right from the start of their first year? These were the types of issues that we were hoping to address when we founded the MySci Advisors Program, a peer-mentoring group for first year…
Descriptors: Mentors, Science Instruction, College Freshmen, Program Descriptions
Jane Lai Yee Terpstra-Tong; Adlina Ahmad – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the major transition issues experienced by first-year students in Malaysia. In so doing, the authors compare the findings to those drawn from western contexts. Design/methodology/approach: This study applied a focus group method, conducting seven focus groups with a total of 35 business students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Sax, Linda J.; Weintraub, Dayna S. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2016
Using a sample of 995 students living in residential housing at a selective, public research university, this study examined the relationship between student-parent interactions and adjustment to college and investigated differences between student-mother interactions and student-father interactions. Results indicate that students are generally…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Academic Achievement, Parent Child Relationship
Council of Independent Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1994
This conference was designed to assist educators and administrators at small colleges in the planning, implementing, and refining of programs designed to enhance students' first-year experience. The conference addressed the special environments, challenges, and opportunities for success in the first-year experience. Conference presentations were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Program Development, School Orientation

Bryngfors, Leif; Barmen, Gerhard – NASPA Journal, 2003
Discusses development of the LTH (Lund Institute of Technology) program, which combines an orientation process with a support system to help new students in their transition from secondary school to university studies. Essential components of the program seek to stimulate the learning process of students, while encouraging them to find a balance…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Development

Kramer, Gary L.; White, Merle T. – NACADA Journal, 1982
Literature on faculty relationships with new students (freshmen and transfers) as it relates to orientation programs is reviewed, and an experimental Brigham Young freshman mentoring program and its outcomes are discussed. Short-range goals were achieved, students were positively influenced, and program continuance was supported. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
Stockham, David H.; Nichols, Michael R. – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1979
Describes an economically and educationally effective experimental approach to orientation, developed by the University of Kentucky, involving the creation and implementation of videotapes on topics of interest to freshmen. (NRB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Material Development

Frost, Susan – Planning for Higher Education, 1993
A discussion of the transition from high school to college outlines three principles of program planning for this group: helping first-year students see college as the beginning of a discovery process; exposing them to intellectual issues and experiences; and helping them accept responsibility for their own future. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Freshmen
Cuseo, Joseph B. – 1997
There is a large body of well-conducted research that supports the value of freshmen orientation seminars in promoting the success of first-year students at community colleges. Orientation programs have been shown to improve retention, program completion, and the level of academic performance of these students. In addition to improving student…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Course Content