Disconnected

2020 ◽  
pp. 116-140
Author(s):  
Janel E. Benson ◽  
Elizabeth M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
First Year ◽  
Campus Life ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Precollege Program

Chapter 6 provides an overview of students in a Disconnected geography. Consistent with previous research, the largest portion of the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen sample are Disconnected. These students, while academically motivated and interested in a social life, struggled to make connections or find a niche, whether through classes, clubs, or social circles. One important commonality among Disconnected respondents was a delay in forming friendships: These students could not form early connections and described how difficult it was to make friends after the initial rush of being new together with other first-year students. Most students in Disconnected geographies did not participate in a substantial precollege program, wading into campus life on their own. Many of our Disconnected respondents were unhappy and unable to locate comfortable spaces on campus, in some cases despite long-term efforts to find a sense of belonging.

scholarly journals Is Choosing a Major Choosing a Career or Interesting Courses? An Investigation into College Students’ Orientations for College Majors and Their Stability

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-71
Author(s):  
Alanna Gillis ◽  
Renee Ryberg
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
First Year Of College ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Major Decision

Students’ orientations towards choosing their college majors lead them to make different major choices with long-term stratification implications. In this paper, we investigate what orientations students use to choose their majors, how these orientations vary by student characteristics, how stable orientations are across the first year of college, and what mechanisms might explain how orientations change. We use mixed-methods data from an original longitudinal survey (N=1,117) and longitudinal in-depth interviews with 50 first-year students at UNC-Chapel Hill (N=146 interviews). We find that students rely on many different orientations, including learning interesting things and helping others, and that their most important orientations frequently change during the first year of college. These findings challenge the existing assumption that major orientations are stable and suggest the need to incorporate changing orientations into models of the major decision process if we hope to successfully intervene to disrupt inequality reproduction.

Labor Market Effects of Marijuana and Cocaine Use among Young Men

ILR Review ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Register ◽  
Donald R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Productivity Effect ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Net Productivity ◽  
Using Data

Using data on marijuana and cocaine use from the 1984 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the authors examine the hypothesis that drug use reduces labor market productivity, as measured by wages. From an analysis that controls for the probability of employment and the endogeneity of drug use, they find that although long-term and on-the-job use of marijuana negatively affected wages, the net productivity effect for all marijuana users (both those who engaged in long-term or on-the-job use and those who did not) was positive. No statistically significant association was found between cocaine use and productivity.

Sense of Belonging and Mattering Among Two Cohorts of First-Year Students Participating in a Comprehensive College Transition Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darnell Cole ◽  
Christopher B. Newman ◽  
Liane I. Hypolite
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
College Transition ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Public College ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Comprehensive College

For first-year students who carry traditionally marginalized identities, comprehensive college transition programs (CCTPs) can offer key wraparound services to help address some of the major academic, social, and financial barriers they may encounter. This article looks at one such CCTP implemented at three public college campuses serving a range of students, including those from low-income, first-generation, and racial/ethnic minority backgrounds. More specifically, this study uses regression analyses to look at two cohorts of first-year students’ experiences related to sense of belonging and mattering to their CCTP. The findings suggest that when considering students’ experiences in the CCTP, staff care and support and perceptions of grade check meetings were experiences that were significantly related to both sense of belonging and mattering.

scholarly journals LEARNING MOTIVATION AS A BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л. Гнездилова ◽  
L. Gnezdilova ◽  
М. Гнездилов ◽  
M. Gnezdilov
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
First Year ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The One

<p>The article features the role of motivation for higher education. The authors state that learning motivation is one of the decisive factors of educational process efficiency at higher educational institutes, presenting a set of motives that cause students’ activity in the educational process. The knowledge available in the psycho-pedagogical science about the issues of learning motivation is synthesized. The article presents the results of the survey conducted among the first-year students of Kuzbass State Technical University named after T. F. Gorbachev to explore meaningful aspects of their learning motivation. It is noted that a group of material motives, in which students perceive learning as the basis for their future decent material life, and a group of civil motives, in which students perceive learning as preparation for future social life, are their main leaning motives. Cognitive motive, such as a desire for new knowledge, are also revealed in the student survey. A group of prestige motives, such as a desire for a high social status, is also revealed. Most of the students' learning motives are attributed to the group of external motives. The results obtained, according to the authors, are a signal for teachers to search for approaches that are aimed at developing their students' internal motivation. Internal motives of learning can be considered as semantic motives for learning activity. Identified motives are also referred by the authors to a group of conscious motives. The importance of conducting such surveys is emphasized; on the one hand, for students themselves and the process of comprehension of their desires and needs; on the other hand, for planning and development of learning motivation and searching for effective motivationally-oriented approaches to teaching.</p>

scholarly journals Initial Industry and Long-Term Earnings Growth

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 476-480
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Ross ◽  
Patralekha Ukil
Keyword(s):  
Employment Growth ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Earnings Growth ◽  
Manual Tasks

We test whether employment growth in a male worker's initial industry influences earnings growth using the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. We follow workers for 20 years after reporting their first industry, finding that lower employment growth in their initial industry implies substantially lower earnings growth. Notably, after controlling for observable skills, controls for family background and region have no impact on estimates. Effects appear larger for initial occupations that involve more routine or manual tasks as well as for occupations that involve less abstract tasks, but these differences are not statistically significant.

scholarly journals Los nuevos estudiantes en la carrera de Medicina. La visión de ocho generaciones: 2008 a 2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 4349-4357
Author(s):  
Bernabé Ríos Nava ◽  
J. Ramón Olivo Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Training Institution ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Unit ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
De Medicina

RESUMEN La Unidad Académica de Medicina (UAM) de la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit (UAN) es la principal institución formadora de médicos en la entidad. Cada ciclo escolar, de acuerdo al número de aspirantes, se muestra como la primera opción y la más solicitada para los egresados de la educación media superior. El pasado ciclo 2015-2016 el número de aspirantes superó los 1,400. Se ha observado que los estudiantes de primer ingreso, desde hace ocho años, han mostrado, a lo largo de su vida familiar y social, diversos cambios socioeconómicos y familiares, que han impactado de manera importante el curriculum y la organización interna de la institución. A partir de esta realidad, se hace un análisis de estos y se los relaciona con aspectos de infraestructura, situación y condiciones laborales del personal y cuerpos académicos.   ABSTRACT The Academic Unit of Medicine (UAM) of the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN) is the main medical training institution in the state. Each school year, according to the number of applicants, it is shown as the first and most requested option for high school graduates. Last 2015-2016 cycle, the number of applicants exceeded 1,400. It has been observed that first year students, since eight years ago, have shown, throughout their family and social life, several socioeconomic and family changes, which have significantly impacted the curriculum and the internal organization of the institution. Based on this reality, an analysis of these changes is made and they are related to aspects of infrastructure, situation and working conditions of the staff and academic bodies.

Tobacco Price Increase and Successful Smoking Cessation for Two or More Years in Japan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Matsubayashi ◽  
Takahiro Tabuchi ◽  
Hiroyasu Iso
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Adjusted Odds Ratio ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Price Increase ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Price Increases

Abstract Introduction Assessing long-term smoking cessation after tobacco price increases is more valuable than short-term cessation as smokers often relapse after temporary cessation. We investigated whether tobacco price increases were associated with long-term smoking cessation and whether the association differed according to demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors, using a national longitudinal survey of middle-aged individual-level data from 10 waves, every November from 2005 to 2014. Methods Temporary and long-term at least 1 year (1y+) or 2 years (2y+) quitters were defined by smoking in any one wave and quitting in the subsequent two or three waves in a discrete-time design. November 2006 (after July 11% increase) and November 2010 (after October 37% increase) were used as proxy variables for price increases. Generalized estimating equation models adjusted for demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral covariates, and analyses stratified by these covariates were performed to estimate the association between price increases and smoking cessation. Results Of 43 630 smokers aged 50–65, 7.7%, 5.6%, and 5.2% of smokers quit temporarily, for at least 1 year and at least 2 years, respectively. 2y+ quitters significantly increased in November 2005–November 2008 (adjusted odds ratio = 1.23, 95% confidence interval: 1.06–1.43) and November 2009–November 2012 (adjusted odds ratio = 1.85, 95% confidence interval = 1.57–2.16). In stratified analyses, higher prices were associated with 2y+ quitters in all subgroups with some exceptions, including participants who smoked 21–30 cigarettes per day and those aged 60–65. Conclusions Increasing tobacco prices may be effective in promoting long-term smoking cessation in various subgroups among middle-aged Japanese adults. Implications Few longitudinal studies have examined the effect of a tobacco price increase on long-term smoking cessation. In a national longitudinal survey of middle-aged Japanese from 10 waves, the 37% tobacco price increase was found to be a trigger for successful smoking cessation for two or more years. Price increases were significantly associated with 2y+ smoking cessation in most demographic, behavioral, and socioeconomic subgroups. Results indicate that higher tobacco prices may be effective for long-term smoking cessation in almost all subgroups. Raising tobacco taxes and prices may be one of the most effective strategies for promoting long-term smoking cessation.

Trauma and Coping among University Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Asanka Bulathwatta
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
University Education ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Students First ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University

University education is an important stage of students’ academic life. Therefore, all students need to develop their competencies to attain the goal of passing examinations and also to developing their wisdom related to scientific knowledge they gathered through their academic life. Life in universities is a critical period for individuals as it is a foot step to acquiring the emotional and social qualities in their social life. There are many adolescents who have been affected by traumatic events during their life span but have not been identified or treated. More specifically, there are numerous burning issues within first year university students, namely, ragging done by seniors to juniors, bullying, invalidation and issues related to attitudes changes and orientation. Those factors can be traumatic for both their academic and day to day life style. Identifying the students who are with emotional damages and their resiliency afterwards the traumas and effective rehabilitation from the traumatic events is immensely needed in order to facilitate university students for their academic achievements and social life within the University education. This study tries to figure out the role of Emotional Intelligence for developing coping strategies among adolescents who face traumatic events. Late adolescence students recently enrolled at University (Bachelor students/ first year students) will be selected as sample. The study is to be conducted in a cross cultural manner comparing 100 students each from Germany and Sri Lanka.

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