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A comparative study of extended orientation courses in two- and four-year colleges

Creator:: Devore, Judy
Abstract:: Extended orientation courses have been shown to be a valuable means of increasing student retention. However, little is known about the extent of their use, their form, their organization or their content. The purpose of this study was to determine what is being done in today's two-year college extended orientation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Extended orientation courses have been shown to be a valuable means of increasing student retention

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on factors of student success

Creator:: Corley, Sherie P.
Abstract:: Transfer students often experience difficulties in adjusting to a new institutional environment, and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Success predictors identified in research may not be part of their experiences. Can an institution create a formal process which can ameliorate deficiencies within success factors for transfer students? This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Creator:: Thomas, William Howard
Abstract:: In the process of adjusting to a new institutional environment, transfer students will often experience difficulties and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Can an institution create a formal process which can help the transfer student adjust to the institutional environment? This study is an examination of a program--an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College are examples of colleges which have determined student needs and created orientation programs

Effects of an outdoor orientation program on self-efficacy relative to first-year student success

Creator:: Seifert, Tricia Anne Dailey
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect, if any, an outdoor orientation program conducted at a comprehensive public institution in the Northwest school had on first-year students' self-efficacy relative to success in their first year of college, measured as academic and social integration. A random sample of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (Baker & Siryk) after the orientation program. In

Academic libraries at the center of instructional change : Faculty and librarian experience of library leadership in the transformation of teaching and learning

Creator:: Gilchrist, Debra L.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored the experiences of library leaders and discipline faculty members engaging in a collaborative instructional change initiative focused on a process-based learning pedagogy and led by an academic library. The investigation’s purpose was providing insight and understanding concerning the: (a) library’s role in instructional leadership; (b) experience...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Questions focus on the themes of: (a) focusing on student learning, (b) capitalizing on the academic

A comparative study of selected characteristics of junior and senior male university students residing in fraternities and residence halls at Oregon State University

Creator:: Kuder, James Michael
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine if significant differences existed in college performance and in selected areas of attitude and opinion between male upperclassmen residing in fraternities and non-fraternity male upperclassmen living in residence halls. Two samples consisting of (a) 86 upperclassmen from the residence halls and (b)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) College Student in Personnel Administration presented on 7,(Major) e ify ate) / /94 Title: A

The occurrence of social support among students living in residence halls

Creator:: Grindeman, Dann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of social support within different living groups. It also determined if there were a combination of variables that contribute to social support. The independent variables included interpersonal orientation, sense of identity, adjustment to college, grade point average, gender of subject,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Philosophy in College Student Services Administration presented on May 25, 1984 Title: The Occurrence of

High school versus college grades in selected courses as an indication of academic success

Creator:: Johnson, Wayne Edward
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - ments of the students; and (4) student achievement in selected college agriculture courses in relation

A study of expenditures of home economics freshmen at Oregon State Agricultural College, 1930-33

Creator:: Thomas, Mary Little
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . . . . ............. . . . 37 Exhibit I INDEX TO .APPEi\DIX iv page Sample Sheet from. Oregon State College Student

The relationship of some family background variables to college graduation

Creator:: Ghaffari, Rose Marie Hughes
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships that were hypothesized to exist between the variables birth order, family size, and parents college attendance and the dependent variable, college graduation. The three general hypotheses tested were: 1. A positive relationship exists between a given position in birth order...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: GRADUATION CHAPTER I IN TR ODUC TION Statement of the Problem While working with college female student

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A comparative study of extended orientation courses in two- and four-year colleges

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on factors of student success

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Effects of an outdoor orientation program on self-efficacy relative to first-year student success

Academic libraries at the center of instructional change : Faculty and librarian experience of library leadership in the transformation of teaching and learning

A comparative study of selected characteristics of junior and senior male university students residing in fraternities and residence halls at Oregon State University

The occurrence of social support among students living in residence halls

High school versus college grades in selected courses as an indication of academic success

A study of expenditures of home economics freshmen at Oregon State Agricultural College, 1930-33

The relationship of some family background variables to college graduation

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