The transition from secondary education to the first year of higher education is a phase in which students are faced with many challenges. First-year students may lack the academic capital that is needed to understand explicit and implicit rules of higher education. We investigated students’ participation in a preacademic program and the development of their academic capital. In a mixed method study, we showed that first-year students who participated in a preacademic program perceived peer mentors and teachers to be relevant sources of information, learned how to overcome educational barriers, and became more acquainted with explicit and implicit college requirements.
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The transition from secondary education to the first year of higher education is a phase in which students are faced with many challenges. First-year students may lack the academic capital that is needed to understand explicit and implicit rules of higher education. We investigated students’ participation in a preacademic program and the development of their academic capital. In a mixed method study, we showed that first-year students who participated in a preacademic program perceived peer mentors and teachers to be relevant sources of information, learned how to overcome educational barriers, and became more acquainted with explicit and implicit college requirements.
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Een deel van de hoger-onderwijsinstellingen biedt aankomende studenten een vrijwillig overbruggingsprogramma tussen het aanmelden en het begin van de studie. We onderzochten het effect van twee varianten van deze programma’s: 1) met een onderwijssociologische benadering gericht op academisch kapitaal en 2) met een psychologische benadering gericht op studievaardigheden. Hierbij onderzochten we ook of deze programma’s anders werkten voor eerstegeneratiestudenten.
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