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Title: | A qualitative exploration on the challenges of transfer students in an Asian educational context | Authors: | Ching, SSY Tam, KY Zhang, LW Ng, J Cheung, K |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Source: | International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021, v. 18, no. 6, 3238, p. 1-14 | Abstract: | Limited research has been conducted on community college (CC) transfer students’ (TS) experiences in four-year universities, particularly in Asian contexts. To fill this research gap, in this qualitative study, 124 TS from various disciplines in a Hong Kong university participated in 39 focus groups and seven individual interviews. Unlike their Western counterparts, our TS were relatively better prepared and more academically adaptive. Nevertheless, their social integration was restricted by a lack of time for extra-curricular activities, a sense of inferiority and incompetence, and restricted social circles that did not enable interaction with non-TS. These challenges and their implications are discussed. In particular, this study has highlighted differences between the special education systems for CC transfer in Hong Kong and those in Western CC models. The study has also highlighted the study-induced stress, and poor self-perceptions that TS experience, despite their academic abilities. | Keywords: | Academic adjustment Higher education in Asia Psychological well-being Self-identity Social integration Transfer students |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | EISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18063238 | Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Ching, S.S.Y.; Tam, K.Y.; Zhang, L.W.; Ng, J.; Cheung, K. A Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3238 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063238 |
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