Meeting the Needs of Female First Year Students

Abstract

Women have traditionally represented over half of the undergraduate population of college enrollment, and this trend is expected to continue with projections that women will represent 58% of college enrollment in 2010. With this change, researchers and practicioners have had to become more aware of and provide programming for women. The current exploration provides an analysis of how women perceive a summer orientation program compared to their male counterparts.

Keywords

• women
• higher education
• men
• transition
• first year
• matriculation
• retention
• persistence
• assessment
• cas standards
• adult
• time management
• student development