High School to College Transition Research Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hicks, Terence; Lewis, Chance W.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

High School to College Transition Research Studies offers two uniquely designed sections that provide a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research findings surrounding a diverse group of college students. This ground-breaking book by Terence Hicks and Chance W. Lewis provides the reader with valuable findings on topics such as student/faculty interactions, academic/social integration, and college preparation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 175
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761864790
• Artikelnr.: 43810644

Autorenporträt

Terence Hicks is the former dean of the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University, Texas and the recipient of the 2013 Robert B. Howsam Award from the Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Chance W. Lewis is the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the executive director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Urban Education Collaborative.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Robert T. Palmer
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Chapter One-Navigating the New: Examining the Transition Experiences of
First-Semester College Students
Molly Reynolds, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Deanna Sellnow, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Chapter Two-The High School to College Transition: College-Going Culture,
Student-Counselor Interactions, and the College Preparation Process
Chenoa S. Woods, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Chapter Three-High School to College Transition: "I've Always Been
College-Bound": A Case Study of a Successful First-Generation, Latina
College Student
Desireé Vega, Ph.D., Texas State University
Chapter Four-Academic and Social Adjustment of Students Transitioning from
an Early College High School Program to an Institution of Higher Education
Catie McCorry-Andalis, Ed.D., The University of Texas at El Paso
Chapter Five-Assessing the Preparedness of Former Nebraska 4-H Participants
to Transition and Adapt to College
Jill S. Walahoski, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chapter Six-High School to College Transition: An Examination of the
Influence of Social and Academic Integration on Multiracial College Student
Persistence
Ashley D. Spicer-Runnels, Ed.D., Texas State University
Index
Editors
Contributors