Beyond Admission: Reducing Opportunity Melt and Supporting a Successful Transition by Proactively Assigning Peer Mentors to Incoming Students at a Large Public Regional University

• Main Author: Ryan, Shawn
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest LLC 2022
• Subjects: Barriers; College Bound Students; Enrollment; First Generation College Students; Intervention; Mentors; Peer Relationship; Summer Programs; Transitional Programs; California

The transition from high school to college can cause an undue amount of attrition for fully qualified, college-intending first-generation students. Although the students may have overcome multiple obstacles to be accepted to a college and arrive at the transition over summer, it can feel overwhelmin...