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Anita Maclaurin; Rebekah Sturniolo-Baker; Sue Shaw; Deb Monteith – Student Success, 2025
University enabling programs provide historically underrepresented students with aspirational gateways and the academic skills and knowledges essential for success at university. Measurement of the efficacy of such programs has been typically neoliberal and quantitative in nature. This article argues for a nuanced measurement of success, exploring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, School Transition, Transitional Programs
Kanembe Shanachilubwa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The experiences students have as they pursue graduate degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are governed by numerous dynamics that are at play outside the context of any classroom. The relationships students share with their peers, advisors, administration, and university significantly impacts their trajectory as…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, STEM Education, Student Experience, Well Being
Marcellis D. Washington – ProQuest LLC, 2023
I explored the experiences of former foster youth (FFY) as they transition through the foster care system and navigate high school, aiming to bridge the knowledge gap regarding the lived realities of FFY during these transitions, and emphasizing the challenges they face and the support systems that may be lacking. A qualitative research approach…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Transitional Programs, High Schools, Adolescents
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McNaught, John; Pope, Elizabeth M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2022
Students with learning disabilities (LD) have not kept pace with peers without disabilities regarding enrollment in postsecondary education. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of "I'm Determined" youth leaders with LD who have enrolled in higher education. Participation led to structured experiences and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Youth Leaders, Enrollment Influences
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Liga Zvirgzdina; Anda Zeidmane; Natalija Sergejeva – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
Starting university studies, students must experience the transition from the familiar to the unfamiliar, encountering cognitive and social challenges. Universities need to be aware of this transition and provide an appropriate support mechanism that should be adapted to both first year students and senior year students. The aim of the study is:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Student Experience, College Students
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Andie Reynolds; Sharon Boateng; Martha Akello; Sandra Nanyunja; Brooke Atherton El-Amine; Apollo Mulondo; Michael Gallagher; Jean-Benoit Falisse; Georgia Cole – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2025
Uganda currently hosts approximately 1.7 million refugees (93% fully registered refugees, 3% asylum seekers and 4% stateless persons), the most in sub-Saharan Africa. Most refugees come from South Sudan (57%), Democratic Republic of Congo (32%), Burundi (3%), and Somalia (3%). Refugees largely live in rural based settlements within 12 districts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Refugees, Transitional Programs
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Mampane, Johannes Ntshilagane; Brown, Anthony – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
Change is an inevitable part of life, more so for gender non-conforming students who have to confront prejudice and hostile environments as they transition from school to university. An understanding of the issues faced by first year students with diverse sexual and gender identities is important to ameliorate many of the challenges presented…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Student Experience, College Freshmen, LGBTQ People
Christina R. McDonald – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher learning institutions have encountered increasing student-veteran enrollment rates due to the surge of servicemembers discharged from the military in recent years. Community colleges have also experienced increased rates of student veterans choosing two-year institutions either to pursue a technical degree or to enroll in courses…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Veterans, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
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David Van Nguyen; Cecilia Rios-Aguilar; S. Michael Gaddis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Research suggests that community college alumni may be underrepresented within PhD programs. As such, we implemented and evaluated the Community College to PhD (CC2PhD) Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. CC2PhD was a 7-month undergraduate research and PhD preparation program for community college sophomores in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Alumni, Disproportionate Representation, Doctoral Programs
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Anneka Anderson; Elana Curtis; Melaney Tkatch; Belinda Loring; Sue Reddy; Kanewa Stokes; Wills Nepia; Tracey Winter; Papaarangi Reid – Discover Education, 2024
Hikitia te Ora (Certificate in Health Sciences) is a 1 year Indigenous bridging foundation programme at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme aims to increase Maori and Pacific health workforce representation. This qualitative study applied a Kaupapa Maori positioning to elucidate the strengths, challenges, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Secondary School Students
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Marie Thériault – Commission for International Adult Education, 2023
This article examines the transition of adult learners from adult general education to a college program. The ethnographic inquiry methodology used for this research relies on Long's theoretical model which postulates three different levels of dimensions in adult education (1989) and on Bélanger's lifelong learning model (2011). On this…
Descriptors: General Education, Adult Education, College Programs, Adults
Laura M. Walker-Andrews – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examines the implementation of peer-based career seminars as an intervention to analyze career counseling services in the community college setting and delineate potential benefits for students. Highlights include identifying barriers to access, discussing a student-centered approach to service utilization, and implementing…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Career Counseling, Learner Engagement, Barriers
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Alsalamah, Anwar A.; Poppen, Marcus I. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2023
This study explored the postsecondary transition experiences of young women who were deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) at a higher education institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 17 undergraduate women who were DHH and enrolled in a higher education institution in the KSA. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Undergraduate Students, Deafness
Dominique Lateefah Person – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Through this research I explored the challenges faced by first-generation and low-income students during their transition to higher education, focusing on the role of pre-college programs like TRIO. The study aims to identify barriers to college accessibility and success for these underrepresented students and assess the effectiveness of TRIO…
Descriptors: Barriers, First Generation College Students, Low Income Students, Student Adjustment
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Cage, Eilidh; James, Alana I.; Newell, Victoria; Lucas, Rebecca – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The transition out of university can be a challenging time for undergraduate students, especially those with mental health conditions (MHC). Student mental health is a global concern, and metrics indicate lower employment rates for graduates with MHC. Little is known about the expectations and experiences of these students regarding this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, College Graduates
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