Dissertation
Exploring the impact of new student orientation at 2-year colleges: a mixed-methods study
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Sep 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00000191
Abstract
Community colleges are seeing an increase in student enrollment but a decrease in persistence. Institutions have increased their efforts to accommodate diverse populations and assist in their persistence by implementing programs like new student orientation. The goal of this mixed-methods study was to determine the effects of an orientation program at one community college in the Southeast on four factors related to persistence: academic engagement, social belonging, knowledge and use of support services, and encouraging persistence. Data were collected through a survey of 136 students, a focus group of 10 students, and interviews with three staff members. Student participants were evenly split between those who had attended orientation and those who had not. Quantitative survey data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, and t tests and chi-square tests were used to determine any significant differences between orientation participants and nonparticipants. Focus group and individual interviews were transcribed and coded.
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- Title
- Exploring the impact of new student orientation at 2-year colleges
- Creators
- Justina Mason
- Contributors
- Jennifer H. Adams (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xi, 131 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991014743548004721