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Marcus Brumfield; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh; Christa Winkler – Discover Education, 2024
Background: In response to the effort to increase minority enrollment in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, STEM summer bridge programs were created to help minorities with the transition from high school to college with the long-term goal of increasing the diversity of professionals in STEM. The goal of this…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Outcomes of Education, STEM Education
Human Development Institute, 2024
Comprehensive Transition & Postsecondary Programs (CTPs) were created by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA, 2008). They are designed to support students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) as defined by the HEOA, who want to continue academic, career or technical instruction in higher education in order to better prepare for…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs, Access to Education, Higher Education
Jon Christopher McKinnon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
When young adults with disabilities (YAWD) age out of the system, they face what has colloquially been termed "the cliff," which symbolizes the sudden drop in services that occur as they transition out of high school; needs previously met at school are left unaddressed. Multiple options have been suggested to meet these needs, including…
Descriptors: Young Adults, High School Graduates, Intellectual Disability, Individualized Transition Plans
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Diahann Gallard – Pastoral Care in Education, 2024
This paper considers the topic of student wellbeing using the lens of a different type of support mechanism -- 'dog borrowing' -- which builds on prior research about emotion work and human-animal interactions but in the context of student transitions and pastoral care in higher education. This novel study was about the experiences of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Adjustment, Well Being
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Dallin George Young; Bryce D. Bunting – AERA Open, 2024
This paper's purpose is to review theoretical explanations of college transitions, offer a critique of their utility, and make an explicit argument that the field of higher education would benefit from a shift from a view of transition as induction or development to transition as becoming. Moreover, we propose that the use of legitimate peripheral…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, College Students, Student Experience, Transitional Programs
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Oliver W. A. Wilson; Dean Gouda; Bradley J. Cardinal; Kelsey E. Holland; Lucas D. Elliott; Michele Duffey; Melissa Bopp – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To review the physical activity promotion efforts of Power 5 conference institutions' summer transition programs. Methods: The websites of Power 5 Conference and affiliate member institutions (N = 78) were systematically reviewed and information on summer transition programs pertaining to health were extracted. Results: Most (n = 45,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Nutrition Instruction, Health Education, Course Content
Robert Samuel Kimmel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adults with disabilities are more likely than their non-disabled peers to struggle with self-advocacy after graduating from school, as they are less likely to have the skills or knowledge necessary to communicate their needs, access services, or exercise their rights in communities and workplaces. Special Education transition programs are…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Self Advocacy
Brianna K. Portmann – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The transition to college can be challenging for first-year students, impacting their academic performance and overall well-being. One strategy employed to ease the college transition is the first-year seminar, designed to introduce students to academic expectations, build social connections, develop self-management skills, and support students'…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Student Participation, Self Efficacy
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Nomthandazo Buthelezi; Nonhlanhla Desiree Maseko – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
The transition plan for learners with learning disabilities is a critical aspect that involves various key components. This paper focuses on the importance of transition planning in facilitating the successful integration of such learners into a special class, highlighting the benefits of family, school, and community partnerships. The plan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Individualized Transition Plans
Mary Ann Sanchez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how 7th-12th grade teachers described their active and passive transfer of the social capital elements of social structure and individual actions to at-risk youths during the reentry process into the general classroom in a Southwestern school district. The theoretical foundation of…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, At Risk Students, Transitional Programs, Recidivism
Khadijah S. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Higher education institutions have been grappling with significant enrollment declines and have urgently implemented retention strategies to sustain their student populations amid shifting demographics and economic challenges (American Association of Community Colleges, 2023; Hanover Research, 2021). However, these programs often neglect the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Transitional Programs, College Preparation, College Bound Students
Eleanor Gentry-Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive research project aimed at investigating the transitional supports necessary for nontraditional students both prior to and following their entry into higher education. The overarching research question guiding this study is, in which states does the YouthBuild Program appear to be most effective? This research…
Descriptors: Youth, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, School Transition
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Strassfeld, Natasha M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2021
For youth with disabilities within the juvenile justice system, transition is multifaceted and can constitute movement from facility to facility or education placement to placement. However, within a juvenile justice context, transition is also a legal term of art that derives from a set of interrelated laws, policies, and procedures that guide…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Youth, Emotional Disturbances
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Jacob Pleasants; Richard Velasco; Claudia Colonnello; Shansley Glenn; Samuel Crapitto; Kate Raymond; Brandon Abbott – Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
Background: To address complex challenges of modern society, engineering education needs to help students develop sociotechnical perspectives of engineering. Research has documented efforts to incorporate sociotechnical thinking into undergraduate engineering education, but those perspectives must often compete with more dominant technocentric…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Engineering Education, College Bound Students, Higher Education
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Lora Henderson Smith; Natalie Hendrickson; Emily Warren; Amy Tran; Elena Savina – School Mental Health, 2025
Supporting students returning to school after a mental health crisis often involves more training than many school staff members receive. With the increase in youth mental health diagnoses, there has also been an increase in the number of youth requiring psychiatric emergency department visits and hospitalizations. As such, this study employed a…
Descriptors: Stopouts, Reentry Students, Hospitalized Children, Psychiatric Hospitals
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