Forging Connections: An Investigation of New Students' Perspectives of Their Transition to the University.

Autor:	Baruch-Runyon, Adele, VanZandt, Zark, Elliott, S. Auguste
Předmět:	STUDENT attitudes STUDENT adjustment FORUMS HIGHER education INTERPERSONAL relations ACADEMIC achievement UNIVERSITY faculty EDUCATION research
Zdroj:	NACADA Journal; Spring2009, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p31-42, 12p, 3 Diagrams
Abstrakt:	We studied first-year students through an integrated group workshop and longitudinal interviews that focused on students' transitional experience at the university as well as the strategies they developed to adjust to university life. Four themes emerged: the challenges of forming connections to other students with similar interests during the first few weeks on campus, the need to balance competing demands, varied experiences of connection with faculty and staff, and the need for translation of university life for minority students. To address the issues and concerns that emerged from our findings, we offer a number of advisory recommendations and programmatic initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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