High School to College Transition Research Studies

High School to College Transition Research Studies

High School to College Transition Research Studies

High School to College Transition Research Studies

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761864783
Publisher: University Press of America
Publication date: 05/12/2015
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 6.45(w) x 9.11(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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
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