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Degree

BA, Oberlin College Honors Theses, Sociology, 2008.

Abstract

The aim of this honors thesis was to compare the first-year and transfer student experience during orientation at Oberlin College in the Fall of 2007. The research aimed to examine a population that is not typically included in conceptualizing college orientation, to understand how transfer students and first-years differently experience the freshman-centric atmosphere on-campus during orientation and to provide a complete outline of how orientation can best support all new students. The transfer student during orientation represents a blending of first-year and upperclassman characteristics because they must experience the first-year-centric environment but they have previous college experience. How can the transfer student population be best served during orientation at Oberlin College?

Subject Headings

Higher education; Sociology

Keywords

college orientation; higher education; transfer students; new students; history of college orientation

Committee / Advisors

Daphne John (Advisor)
Pawan Dhingra (Committee Member)
Clovis White (Committee Member)

Pages

63p.

Document number: oberlin1212177109
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1212177109

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