Are Fourth‐Year College Students Better Critical Thinkers than Their First‐Year Peers? Not So Much, and College Major and Ethnicity Matter

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Design Principles for ‘First-Year Experience’ of College Students in Living-Learning Community from Teachers’ Point of View

Korean Association for Educational Information and Media ◽

10.15833/kafeiam.22.4.705 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 705-731

Author(s):

Byungro Lim

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Learning Community ◽

Design Principles ◽

Point Of View ◽

First Year Experience ◽

First Year ◽

Living Learning Community

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Is Pre-College Interpersonal Trauma Associated with Cannabis Use?

10.31234/osf.io/qhufj ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Terrell A Hicks ◽

Daniel Bustamante ◽

Kaitlin E Bountress ◽

Amy Adkins ◽

Dace S Svikis ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Interpersonal Trauma ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

First Year ◽

Southeastern Part ◽

First Year College ◽

Large N ◽

First Year College Students ◽

Experimental Use

Objective: To examine the prevalence and correlates of lifetime cannabis use (i.e., experimental [use 1-5 times] and non-experimental [use ≥ 6 times]) in relation to demographics, interpersonal trauma (IPT), and alcohol and nicotine use.Participants: A large (n = 9,889) representative sample of college students at an urban college campus in the southeastern part of the United States.Methods: Participants were 4 cohorts of first-year college students who completed measures of demographic variables, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine, and IPT. Associations were estimated using multinomial logistic regressions.Results: The prevalence of lifetime cannabis use was 45.5%. Specifically, 28.1% reported non-experimental cannabis use and 17.4% reported experimental cannabis use. Race, cohort, nicotine, and IPT were associated with experimental and non-experimental cannabis use. Additionally, alcohol and sex were associated with non-experimental cannabis use.Conclusions: Results show that cannabis use is prevalent among college students and is associated with race, IPT, and other substance use.

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A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students’ Mentoring Relationships During Their Transition to Higher Education

Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice ◽

10.1177/15210251211022741 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152102512110227

Author(s):

Matthew A. Hagler ◽

Kirsten M. Christensen ◽

Jean E. Rhodes

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Help Seeking ◽

First Generation ◽

First Generation College Students ◽

Mentoring Relationships ◽

First Year ◽

School Membership ◽

Longitudinal Investigation ◽

First Generation College

Non-parent mentoring relationships are important protective factors for first-generation college students. Previous research has focused on singular mentoring relationships measured at one time point, failing to capture the breadth and dynamic nature of social networks. The current study is a longitudinal investigation of first-generation students’ mentoring networks during their transition to college at a four-year, predominantly minority-serving commuter university. At the beginning and end of their first year, students (N = 176) responded to online surveys on their mentoring relationship(s), attitudes toward help-seeking, and college experiences. Cumulative support from pre-college mentoring relationships retained across the first year was positively associated with self-efficacy. Support from newly acquired mentoring relationships was positively associated with psychological sense of school membership. Network orientation was positively associated with self-efficacy and sense of school membership. These findings highlight the importance of diverse mentoring networks and demonstrate the utility of collecting longitudinal data on multiple mentoring relationships.

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