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Ana M. Martínez-Alemán; Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon; Adam M. McCready – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
To mark ACPA's 100th anniversary, this paper will review what we currently know about the impact of one of the most consequential technologies for this generation of college students: social media. Social media have had significant effects on the lives of college students today and will continue to shape college student life going forward.
Descriptors: College Students, Social Media, Student Personnel Services, Self Concept
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Anne C. Campbell; Jordyn Dezago; Quintessence Townsend – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
Pursuing education overseas is a high impact practice in higher education. Students who identify as LGBTQIA + --commonly referred to as "queer," an umbrella term--may be more likely to participate yet face additional unique challenges. Using a systematic review of literature across multiple disciplines, this paper explores LGBTQIA +…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Foreign Students, Student Motivation
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Whiteley, John M. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1990
Advances in theory and practice make it possible to measure moral reasoning empirically and offer college-level educational programs enhancing moral understanding. Bases for these advances are reviewed, a longitudinal study and curriculum development effort is described, and the next research frontier, the relationship of moral reasoning to moral…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Chedzoy, S. M.; Burden, R. L. – Research in Education, 2005
A review is provided of past and present literature on the reactions of students to transfer from primary to secondary school giving rise to a number of hypotheses about the potential difficulties associated with this process. A study is described in which attitudes towards transfer of 207 Year 6 students attending five primary schools in the…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Transfer Students
Benjamin, Michael – 1990
A study was done at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) examining the experiences, concerns and interests of college freshmen. Of 65 entering students who agreed to participate, 37 signed up for the study in September, 1988, with 24 women and 4 men completing all study requirements: completion of a daily diary; bimonthly unstructured…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education