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Raymond Brown; Z. W. Taylor – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2025
At many institutions of higher education, first-year seminars are meant to help students transition to college life and to provide them with resources and skills to develop socially and academically, supporting persistence (Jamelske, 2009; Janz, 2004). Since their inception, researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of these seminars and their…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Students, Program Effectiveness, Student Adjustment
Shengli Dong; James Harding; Lauren Sakowitz; Alyssa Pokorny; Paige Shadden – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2024
College students with disabilities continue to experience various challenges in their transition into postsecondary education. However, limited research has focused on their initial transition, despite the significance of its impact on college students with disabilities. This qualitative study examined first-semester transition experiences among…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Students with Disabilities, Student Adjustment, School Orientation
Feras Ali Al-Habies; Alean Al-Krenawi; Somaya Abdel-Hameed Al-Ja’afreh; Wafa Ali Mahmoud Alwani; Omar Ismail Hamzeh Alorani; Diya Ahmad Al-Jaloudi; Omar Abdallah Khawaldeh – Journal of International Students, 2025
In this study, we examined the effectiveness of an educational training program in reducing psychological, cultural, and social alienation among international students. A total of 73 undergraduate students from diverse nationalities participated in the study. The training program comprised six seminars delivered over three weeks, with two lectures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment
Starr Baynes Merritt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Freshmen beginning their undergraduate education enter college with various backgrounds and expectations. Institutions seek to properly acclimate first-year students into this new transition. One way to help a first-year student transition into college is with a first-year program. First-year programs provide a unique space for students to adjust…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Metacognition, Resilience (Psychology), Student Adjustment
Kevin Wenger; Jillian Kinzie – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2025
First-year seminars (FYS) are well-tested and trusted programs to facilitate students' transition to college. This study adds to the body of evidence about the value of seminars through analysis of a large multi-institution dataset and documentation of the positive association between participation in a first-year seminar and student engagement in…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen, Program Effectiveness
Windrow, Vincent; Korstange, Ryan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
This paper uses Middle Tennessee State University's MT Scholars Academy, an extended early arrival program targeting first-year students who are classified as at-risk by a variety of measures, as a case study for demonstrating the effectiveness of AASCU's Re-Imagining the First-Year (RFY) initiative. In particular, this case study demonstrates the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, At Risk Students, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Vuckovic, Myriam; Floyd, Brian; Riley, Joan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
College is one of the most formative times in an individual's life. Its intense living-learning environment can promote students' extreme self-confidence and positive development, or alternatively, can result in low levels of well-being. The first year in college is an opportunity for faculty and staff to engage with students to help them build…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Environment, Well Being, Student Development
Andrade, Maureen S. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2009
Higher education institutions in the United States commonly offer first-year seminars to assist students with their transition to college. Seminars are one of several types of first-year interventions based on findings from persistence research identifying variables affecting student success. Diverse student populations such as international…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Foreign Students, Student Needs
Guo, Shibao; Chase, Mackie – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Fuelled by globalisation, the internationalisation of higher education in Canada is happening at a rapid pace. One manifestation of internationalisation is the increasing enrolment of international graduate students in Canadian institutions. Many of these students face challenges and barriers in integrating into Canadian academic environments…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Cultural Awareness
Barton, Andrew; Donahue, Christiane – Journal of General Education, 2009
First-year seminars have become common at liberal arts and other colleges across the United States. An accumulating body of research appears to demonstrate that this curricular element is associated with increased retention of students and is positively correlated with graduation rates, student adjustment and involvement, student satisfaction,…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Graduation Rate, Student Adjustment, Program Effectiveness

Soldner, Laura; Lee, Yvonne; Duby, Paul – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
To assist integration of incoming freshman into the academic environment, improve social acclimation, and increase student retention, Northern Michigan University created a first-year experience program with community as its central focus. Its key to success is the use of block scheduling, combining a freshman seminar with other classes. Pilot…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Block Scheduling, College Freshmen, College Students

Simmons, George; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study investigated the academic achievement of 390 students in a freshman seminar designed to enhance academic success of three risk groups (underachievers, overachievers, and low achievers). The populations responded to seminar content in distinct ways. Comparison with a control group showed the only gain was in retention of low achievers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen

Davis-Underwood, Mildred; Lee, JoAnn – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
To increase students' academic success and retention rates, colleges and universities are increasingly implementing seminars that will equip students with academic survival skills such as note-taking and doing library research. UNCC's program was found to be effective, and possibilities for further investigation were offered. (BF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Keup, Jennifer R.; Barefoot, Betsy O. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2005
This study uses longitudinal data comprised of responses to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's (CIRP) 2000 Freshman Survey and the 2001 Your First College Year (YFCY) Survey to investigate the impact of first-year seminars on key student outcomes. Specifically, descriptive analyses address the relationship between taking a first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies
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
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