Download or read book The Effects of a Continuous Orientation Course on the Academic and Social Integration of College Freshman written by Marianne Edwards Gillis and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Variations in the Psychosocial Orientation of First year College Students on Academic and Social Integration written by Larry Ty Abernathy and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Student Relationships written by Walter Gillian Clippinger and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Investigation of how Students Faculty and Administrators Within a Particular Liberal Arts College Perceived a New student Orientation Program s Effect on Students Social Integration and Retention written by Tommy L. Hodum and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the difficulties new students may encounter upon starting college, an orientation program's ability to address students' needs could potentially persuade them in their decision to persist or leave. The purpose of this study was to investigate how students, faculty, and administrators within a particular liberal arts college perceived a new-student orientation program's effect on students' social integration and retention. Findings indicated a majority of interviewed students had a positive experience during the orientation program. The environment provided, the orientation activities, and required participation in the orientation were the topics derived from respondents' comments linking students to social interaction. The orientation program provided this environment by facilitating interaction among new students, establishing a surrogate family for new students, and fostering long-term friendships among students.

Download or read book The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College written by Erin Bentrim and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging is influenced by the campus environment, relationships, and involvement opportunities as well as a need to master the student role and achieve academic success. Although the construct of sense of belonging is complex and multilayered, a consistent theme across the chapters in this book is that the relationship between sense of belonging and intersectionality of identity cannot be ignored, and must be integrated into any approach to fostering belonging.Over the last 10 years, colleges and universities have started grappling with the notion that their approaches to maintaining and increasing student retention, persistence, and graduation rates were no longer working. As focus shifted to uncovering barriers to student success while concurrently recognizing student success as more than solely academic factors, the term “student sense of belonging” gained traction in both academic and co-curricular settings. The editors noticed the lack of a consistent definition, or an overarching theoretical approach, as well as a struggle to connect disparate research. A compendium of research, applications, and approaches to sense of belonging did not exist, so they brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study.

Download or read book The Impact of a Freshman Orientation Program on Academic Achievement for Students Enrolled in a Community College written by James M. Gray and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the effectiveness of a freshman orientation program on second-semester retention, second-year retention, and cumulative GPA for students enrolled in a community college in the Deep South. The problem addressed in this study is a lack of sufficient academic and social support for college students, limiting their ability to remain in school and with high levels of academic performance (Nora & Crisp, 2007). For this study, the following research questions were analyzed: (1) Are there differences in 1st to 2nd semester retention for program completers with a 17-18 ACT as compared to non-program completers with a 19-20 ACT? (2) Are there differences in 1st to 2nd year retention for program completers with a 17-18 ACT as compared to non-program completers with a 19-20 ACT? (3) Are there differences in cumulative GPA for program completers with a 17-18 ACT as compared to non-program completers with a 19-20 ACT? Data for these research questions were collected from the school’s director of data management and imported into SPSS software for analysis. The findings of this study indicated students who completed the program, despite having lower composite ACT scores compared to program non-completers, were 15.8 times more likely to enroll in the next semester and 2.42 times more likely to enroll in the 2nd year compared to those who did not complete the program but had higher composite ACT scores. Additionally, program completers had significantly higher cumulative GPAs than did program non-completers. Based on the findings, this study should target other moderating factors that might contribute to student retention.

Download or read book The Effects of an Orientation Course on the Academic Achievement and Developmental Skills of Freshman Honors Students written by Steele A. Russell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reacculturation of College Freshmen in a Freshmen Orientation Course written by Michele Litchy and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Bruffee (1999), the current construct of university education does not prepare graduates to interact with other human beings on substantive issues because they are not reacculturated. One approach to institutional policy on college persistence is to look towards modifying the social and intellectual environment of the institution and generating alternative means for the reacculturation of students into the pre-existing social and intellectual culture of the university, such as requiring freshman orientation courses. Determining the key components of the process of reacculturation, as this research has done, can assist institutions in restructuring the current social and intellectual integration process for college freshmen. After researching, developing, and pilot testing an instrument to measure the desired variables, a final causal-comparative study was completed to explore the intent to stay and six factors of reacculturation for incoming freshmen students before and after participation in a freshman orientation course. Results showed that reacculturation, as measured by the Litchy Scale of Reacculturation, did not occur for the participants during the course in question. A correlation matrix showed statistically significant relationships between most subscales, however not all significance had predictive value. Bivariate Linear Regression results suggested Ambivalence was the best predictor of Intent to Stay, with the inverse relationship accounting for over a quarter of the variance. The identification of Ambivalence as a predictor of Intent to Stay warrants further research and has implications for college retention interventions -- [public].

Download or read book The Effects of a Freshman Orientation Course on Academic Achievement and Retention written by Daniel J. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship of Educational Orientation and Academic and Social Integration to Freshman Attrition written by Homer Cameron Rose and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Academic and Social Integration Goal and Institutional Commitment and Precollege Characteristics Upon Voluntary Freshman Persistence at the University of Missouri Columbia written by Sueann Strom and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Exploring the Impact of New Student Orientation at 2 Year Colleges written by Justina Mason and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community colleges are seeing an increase in student enrollment but a decrease in persistence. Institutions have increased their efforts to accommodate diverse populations and assist in their persistence by implementing programs like new student orientation. The goal of this mixed-methods study was to determine the effects of an orientation program at one community college in the Southeast on four factors related to persistence: academic engagement, social belonging, knowledge and use of support services, and encouraging persistence. Data were collected through a survey of 136 students, a focus group of 10 students, and interviews with three staff members. Student participants were evenly split between those who had attended orientation and those who had not. Quantitative survey data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, and t tests and chi-square tests were used to determine any significant differences between orientation participants and nonparticipants. Focus group and individual interviews were transcribed and coded. Results showed that orientation participants were about 3 years older and had higher grade-point averages (3.07 vs 2.49). They also had a higher level of interaction on campus. There were no significant differences in confidence in registering for classes, time meeting with advisor, use of support resources, commitment to a degree, or thoughts about dropping out. In the focus group, orientation participants felt confident learning the material taught in class, were able to work with professors to address issues, had access to on-campus activities, connected with other students on campus, and felt motivated to persist to the next term. Non-orientation participants expressed having difficulty connecting to the campus, did not know where things were on campus, struggled to understand coursework, and had a hard time making friends. The staff members explained that students who participate in orientation were more prepared to handle academic demands and more likely to get involved on campus due to access to opportunities. Overall, the researcher was able to show the value in orientation and the advantages students receive when they successfully transition into college. It is recommended that institutions explore orientation courses as options for enhancing college students' experiences.

Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Contribution of Freshman Orientation Programs to Academic and Social Integration of Sophomore Students written by C. Vinette Cowart and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: