ERIC Number: ED670987
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Publication Date: 2019-Nov
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The Effects of a Comprehensive College Transition Program on Psychosocial Factors Associated with Success in College. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-158
Tatiana Melguizo; Francisco Martorell; Elise Swanson; W. Edward Chi; Elizabeth S. Park; Adrianna Kezar
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
We examine the effects of a comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) on four psychosocial outcomes associated with postsecondary success: sense of belonging, mattering, and academic and social self-efficacy. The CCTP operates on three four-year campuses and includes a range of supports, including shared academic courses, peer mentoring, and residential or common community spaces. We leverage the randomization of Angrist et al. (2014), but restrict our comparison to scholarship recipients with and without CCTP exposure. To account for differential attrition from the experimental sample, we rely on a "selection on observables" assumption for our primary analysis. Results suggest that the program significantly and substantially increased students' sense of belonging and mattering, but had no effect on academic or social self-efficacy.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, Communities of Practice, Transitional Programs, Sense of Belonging, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Peer Relationship, Low Income Students, Student Development, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Nebraska
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