Students' Perceptions and Experiences with Key Factors during the Transition from High School to College

摘要: Parents, friends, high school teachers and guidance counselors, college professors academic advisors, orientation programs, first-year seminars play a role in facilitating students' transition from to college. This paper assesses the frequency of activities linked process how helpful these behaviors are for students at medium-sized state university Southeast. Mothers provide greatest number helping most resource process. There extensive gender racial differences perception helpfulness reported times receive help. Even though believe they lot help or rate certain factors, perceived degree may not be reflected their GPAs. ********** The higher education literature is replete with studies about (Goldrick-Rab, Carter, & Wagner, 2007, p. 2445) but more research needed regarding (Locks, Hurtado, Bowman, Oseguera, 2008, 257) because scholars have neglected study, among other important topics, perceive factors that influence experience (Clark, 2005, 296). Weidman (1989) recognizes precollege socialization students. Impact models, such as Weidman's model undergraduate socialization, focus on social structure study institutional characteristics, student experiences, interactions (see Feldman Newcomb, 1969; Pascarella Terenzini, 2005; 2007). First-generation greater risk difficult (Pascarella et al., 2004; Pike Kuh, Ishitani, 2006) who academically socially involved smoother likely return sophomore year (Tinto, 1998, 169). further enhanced when there collaborative programming between secondary postsecondary institutions (Karp Hughes, 2008) by type college-linking strategy used schools (Hill, 2008). While intensity quality one's curriculum crucial success making smooth (Adelman, 2002), parents, professors, facilitate (Cabrera La Nasa, 2000; Tierney, Corwin, Colyar, Kelly, Kendrick, Newgent, Lucas, 2007; Saunders Serna, Hossler, Schmit, Vesper, 1999; Attinasi, 1989; Spuler, 1996). Spuler (1996, 153) found peer support was an factor college, although acknowledged some this might produce negative outcomes lack good habits. Cabrera Nasa (2000, 7) Vesper (1999, 27) identify parental encouragement strongest predicting planning advisors were while Lucas (2007) indicate fifty percent studied did any counselors (2005, 132) concludes during first "interactions peers can significant intellectual growth." Social networks cope (Kenny Stryker, 1996; Hays Oxley, 1986; Phinney Haas, 2003). …