A Study of Student Transition to College. AIR 1996 Annual Forum Paper.

Autor/inn/en	Weissman, Julie; und weitere
Titel	A Study of Student Transition to College. AIR 1996 Annual Forum Paper.
Quelle	(1996), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Aspiration; Attitude Change; Black Students; College Environment; College Students; Community Colleges; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Extracurricular Activities; Family Influence; Focus Groups; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Interpersonal Relationship; School Orientation; Student Adjustment; Student Attitudes; Student Educational Objectives; Study Habits; White Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Hochschulumwelt; Collegestudent; Community college; Community College; Ethnie; Ethnizität; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schülerverhalten; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten
Abstract	White, Black, and Hispanic students were studied during their transition from school or work to a community college. Students (N=71) at the College of Lake County (CLC) in Illinois attended focus groups formed according to race or ethnic group (White, Black, or Hispanic) in the spring and fall semesters to discuss their goals, experience, and feelings about the college environment. Findings from the fall focus groups indicated that all groups of students saw a direct connection between higher education and desirable employment. Most students in all three groups planned to get a degree or certificate at CLC. White students were most likely to plan on transferring to another school and least likely to plan on a CLC degree whereas Black students were most likely to plan on a CLC degree or certificate and least likely to plan on transferring. Findings from the spring focus group meetings indicated that many students found college harder than expected and all confirmed the importance of support from parents, family, friends, and faculty. Difficulties reported by many students included attending college part-time, not socializing with other students, and, for younger students, relating to older students in class. All expressed a comfortable feeling with campus diversity although their personal experiences in relationship to their race/ethnicity differed by group. Orientation and extracurricular activities were seen as helpful for students adjusting to college. (Contains 19 references.) (CK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC