Thriving in transitions : a research-based approach to college student success

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Author:

Schreiner, Laurie A.

ISBN:

9781889271835

Publication Information:

Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, c2012.

Physical Description:

xxx, 216 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

From surviving to thriving during transitions / Laurie A. Schreiner -- Helping students thrive: a strengths development model / Michelle C. Louis and Laurie A. Schreiner -- Thriving in the first college year / Denise Nelson and Deb Vetter -- Thriving in students of color on predominately white campuses: a divergent path? / Kristin Parades Collins -- Thriving in high-risk students / Rishi Sriram and Deb Vetter -- Beyond sophomore survival / Laurie A. Schreiner ... [et al.] -- Transfer students: thriving in a new institution / Eric J. McIntosh and Denise D. Nelson -- Thriving in the senior-year transition / Michelle A. Louis and E. Eileen Hulme -- Recommendations for facilitating thriving in transitions / Laurie A. Schreiner, Denise D. Nelson, and Michelle C. Louis.

Subject Term:

College freshmen -- United States.

Transfer students -- United States.

Student adjustment -- United States.

Added Author:

Schreiner, Laurie A.

Louis, Michelle C.

Nelson, Denise D.

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Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success represents a paradigm shift in the student success literature. Grounded in positive psychology, the thriving concept reframes the student success conversation by focusing on the characteristics amenable to change and that promote high levels of academic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal performance in the college environment. The authors contend that a focus on remediating student characteristics or merely encouraging specific behaviors is inadequate to promote success in college and beyond. The collection presents six research studies describing the characteristics that predict thriving in different groups of college students, including first-year students, transfer students, high-risk students, students of color, sophomores, and seniors, and offers recommendations for helping students thrive in college and life.