Reprint

Transition to Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Edited by
February 2024
160 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-9010-3 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-9011-0 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Transition to Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities that was published in

Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary

The transition to higher education (HE) is a significant life event that is expected to be a very rewarding endeavor for students. Nevertheless, the impacts of this transition are not linear and are shaped by students' psychosocial variables and their own perceptions of the HE environment.

The transition to higher education involves a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative, such as the joy of successful enrolment and the anxiety of social rejection or academic failure.

This Special Issue focuses on the transition to higher education, examining the personal and developmental variables of first-year students. The various chapters cover different themes that address the various actors involved in this adventure: the students, their families, the teachers, and the higher education institution.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
information competencies; digital literacy; information literacy; higher education; future teachers; image measurement; reputation; private university; confirmatory factor analysis; learning community; community college; developmental reading; student persistence; first-year students; transition; student experience; student engagement; organisational development; first-year experience; academic development; black working class students; marginalised transitions; pushed dropouts; noncompletion; social justice; South Africa; randomised control trial; higher education outreach; higher education applications; widening participation; information provision; student transition; differential attainment; ethnicity; higher education; major selection; college major decision; STEM; career choices; university education; female students; student experience; student engagement; higher education; extracurricular activities; higher education students; students’ profiles; students’ identities; social role investment; academic success

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