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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Understanding Students in Transition: Trends and Issues

The Wabash Center

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Author
Laanan, Frankie Santos, ed.
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
9780787986797
Table of Contents
Editor’s Notes

ch. 1 Lessons Learned: Achieving Institutional Change in Support of Students in Transition (Mary Stuart Hunter)
ch. 2 Beyond Demographics: Understanding the College Experience Through Television (Barbara F. Tobolowsky)
ch. 3 Promoting New-Student Success: Assessing Academic Development and Achievement Among First-Year Students (Jennifer R. Keup)
ch. 4 Who Will We Serve in the Future? The New Student in Transition (Jaime Lester)
ch. 5 International Students in Transition: Changes in Access to U.S. Higher Education (Soko S. Starobin)
ch. 6 Adult Learners in Transition (Jonathan I. Compton, Elizabeth Cox, Frankie Santos Laanan)
ch. 7 Increasing Retention and Success of Students of Color at Research-Extensive Universities (Steven R. Aragon, Mario Rios Perez)
ch. 8 Forced Transitions: The Impact of Natural Disasters and Other Events on College Students (John H. Schuh, Frankie Santos Laanan)

Index
This volume provides the latest recommendations on how to address the needs of students in transition at the collegiate level. Understanding Students in Transition covers transitions affecting recent high school graduates, community college transfer students, older adults returning to education, and students displaced by natural disasters.
Addressing the needs of students in the midst of change, particularly those who are part of the "millennial generation" (those born between 1982 and 2003), requires a full understanding of today's students and what they bring to their new college experience. Understanding Students in Transition is designed for practitioners looking to understand the changing landscape of today's college students. Articles present a mix of research and practical issues that will be relevant and useful to various stakeholders on a college or university campus. (From the Publisher)