Student Adjustment - A Critical Issue Concerning Student Retention

If students are unable to adapt to college students, they are likely to drop out of school or struggle throughout the university, so student adjustment is an important issue for student settlement. Most, if not all, of universities recognize that first year experience (FYE) is essential for maintaining students. Several schools do their best to help new students adapt to leaving home and become university students. Whether university chose to participate in FYE is an important factor in judging the success of college students.

The special issue of 2018 will focus on important issues of student participation and consolidation of higher education. Practitioners, researchers, and scholars know that the settlement of students is a complex combination of different external factors by students, educational institutions, and individual students. With a simple grading index, student characteristics, cohort, or institution as a ranking or evaluation system that seems not to improve grades unless considering the complicated circumstance factors behind the reasons for studying abroad or withdrawal Focus on initiatives.

Student Success Journal - Opinion Wanted 2018 Special Feature: Participation of Students and Retention of Higher Education

If students are unable to adapt to college students, they are likely to drop out of school or struggle throughout the university, so student adjustment is an important issue for student settlement. Most, if not all, of universities recognize that first year experience (FYE) is essential for maintaining students. Several schools do their best to help new students adapt to leaving home and become university students. Does the university choose to participate in FYE?

When students begin their careers at college, their adjustment to the environment is important for them to continue success at the university. Social and academic coordination may include student's own abilities, motivation, academic performance, and positive recognition of academic performance and social engagement at the university's campus (page 256). When students think that the level of campus coordination is high, it will have a major impact on their university commitment and overall consolidation. It is important to note that many universities focus on providing scholarly aid (eg writing tutorials, peer coaching etc) but social coordination is important for the university's commitment . Therefore, academic institutions must also consider ways to enhance social coordination (page 269).