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The Relationships Between First‑Year Students’ Sense of Purpose and Meaning in Life, Mental Health and Academic Performance

open access: yesJournal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2019
The research explored the relationships that exist between first‑year students’ sense of purpose and meaning in life, mental health and academic performance enrolled for courses with at‑risk subjects at a higher education institution.
Corneli van der Walt
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Understanding the UJ Institutional Student Success Initiative (ISSI)

open access: yesJournal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2018
Celine Meyers from the South African National Resource Centre for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (SANRC) recently spent time with Dr André van Zyl, Director of the Academic Development Centre at the University of Johannesburg (UJ ...
Annsilla Nyar, Celine Meyers
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Volume 3, Issue 1

open access: yesInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2012
Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University, and member of this Journal's Advisory Board, sets the scene for this first issue of Volume 3 of The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education by providing an ...
Karen Nelson, John Clarke, Sally Kift
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Volume 4, Issue 1

open access: yesInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2013
This issue showcases a rich variety of first year issues reported from an assortment of national and international settings.  In the Feature, Professor Phil Long (University of Queensland) and Associate Professor Shane Dawson (University of South ...
Karen Nelson, John Clarke, Tracy Creagh
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Aspiration - Access - Achievement

open access: yesInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2010
Welcome to the first issue of the International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education.
Karen Nelson, John Clarke, Sally Kift
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First Year Distance Transition Pedagogy: Synchronous online classrooms

open access: yesInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2013
The design and facilitation of distance online courses for first year students must consider both first year, and distance pedagogy. One technology with the promise to meet the needs of first year distance students is the synchronous online classroom ...
Wendy Fasso
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Skills and Competencies for Effective Academic Advising and Personal Tutoring

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2020
Advising/personal tutoring has moved from the fringes of higher education to the center of student success initiatives. Advising professionals serve as faculty members, mentors, student advocates, and campus leaders.
Craig M. McGill   +2 more
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: The First Year Experience

open access: yesAnnals of Saudi Medicine, 1994
A total of 307 consecutive patients with symptomatic gallstones were admitted for cholecystectomy. Two hundred seventy patients (88%) were considered suitable for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Forty-two of these (17%) were admitted on an emergency basis.
A B, Mofti   +5 more
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CT-GUIDED STEREOTAXY: FIRST 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE [PDF]

open access: yesBiomedical Papers, 2003
The authors present an overview on CT-guided stereotaxy performed in the last 10 years in the University Hospital Olomouc. During this period a total of 811 stereotactic brain operations were performed. Of these, 710 were done in the field of afunctional and 101 in the field of functional stereotaxy.
Miroslav, Herman   +2 more
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Applying ‘hope theory’ to first year learning. A Practice Report

open access: yesInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2015
This paper proposes a model of student support based on student goals and strengths, rather than addressing their weaknesses. It argues that Hope Theory can be used in education as it has been used in counselling to assist students to develop goal ...
Marjorie D Kibby
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