Kern County public high school student-athletes are an underdeveloped population in California. They need an efficient transition process that is concentrated on gaining access to postsecondary education opportunities through sports participations. Th . . .

Given the dynamic nature of higher education, many institutions have become increasingly concerned with the students' overall collegiate experience. Satisfaction with this experience is imperative to the success of both the student and institution. In . . .

The present study investigated the relationship between freshman college persistence and 136 self-report variables and 8 objective academic indices. Five hundred and ninety three freshmen (225 males, 368 females) at California State University, Northr . . .

The present investigation sought first to compare the Personal Orientation Inventory scale means observed for a current sample of first year college students with those reported by Shostrom (1974). Second, a color preference profile, recorded for each . . .

A variety of developmental studies programs exist on community college campuses nationwide designed to assist students who begin college lacking the skills necessary to be successful. Learning communities have been used as a curricular structure to he . . .

The purpose of this study is to explore how a Northern California University’s Academic Advising Center’s First Year Advising Program is serving first generation Latina/o students. This quantitative study will analyze the type of visits made after stu . . .