Bridging Troubled Waters: Helping Students Make the Transition from High School to University

Autor/inn/en	Pancer, S. Mark; Pratt, Michael; Hunsberger, Bruce; Alisat, Susan
Titel	Bridging Troubled Waters: Helping Students Make the Transition from High School to University
Quelle	In: Guidance & Counselling, 19 (2004) 4, S.184-190 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0831-5493
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Student Attrition; Expectation; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Student Adjustment; Program Evaluation; Social Support Groups; Stress Management; Student Attitudes; School Counseling; Transitional Programs; College Environment; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Schülerbeurlaubung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Ausland; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Schülerverhalten; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Hochschulumwelt; Kanada
Abstract	This article discusses recent programs and procedures based at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, designed to help students' transition from high school to university. Students are poorly prepared for university, and the meagre assistance they get from pre-university orientations, or even from longer-term programs such as University 101, does little to help them deal with the many changes they face when they begin university life. The research shows that with due attention to the personal and social difficulties that students encounter and the provision of appropriate social support, students can learn to manage the stresses of university life and thrive at university. The current attrition rates of 30 to 40 percent that most universities seem willing to endure can be readily lowered if university administrators are willing to devote the resources necessary to prepare students in a more comprehensive way for university and assist them in the transition. The costs of continuing not to do so, in terms of personal distress and lost time and resources, are obviously substantial. More attention, however, needs to be given to the kind of environment in which we place our young first-year students. (Contains 2 tables, and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10