Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides the latest recommendations on how to addressthe needs of students in transition at the collegiate level.Understanding Students in Transition covers transitionsaffecting recent high school graduates, community college transferstudents, older adults returning to education, and studentsdisplaced by natural disasters.
Addressing the needs of students in the midst of change,particularly those who are part of the "millennial generation"(those born between 1982 and 2003), requires a full understandingof today's students and what they bring to their new collegeexperience. Understanding Students in Transition is designedfor practitioners looking to understand the changing landscape oftoday's college students. Articles present a mix of research andpractical issues that will be relevant and useful to variousstakeholders on a college or university campus.
This is the 114th edition of New Directions forStudent Services, a quarterly journal published byJossey-Bass.
