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How Relationships Support and Inform the Transition to Community College

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  • Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana

    (Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York)

  • Rachel Hare Bork

    (de Beaumont Foundation)

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The prior literature on relationships and the transition to college largely documents either the relationships college students at 4-year institutions have on-campus who provide information or relationships they have off-campus who provide support. Using a unique dataset of interviews with 96 first-year community college students, this paper compares the roles of on- and off-campus relationships in information and support provision to understand whether both provide information and support, and how the information and support they provide varies. We find that (1) because on-campus relationships are predominately distant, they provide general and impersonal information about policies and procedures and very little support, while (2) off-campus relationships, which are predominately close, provide personal insight and personalized information in addition to support and motivation. The findings demonstrate that community college students’ on- and off-campus relationships are complementary in providing insight into policies and procedures at the college, a sense of belonging on campus, and personal and personalized advice and support for their college goals.

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  • Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana & Rachel Hare Bork, 2020. "How Relationships Support and Inform the Transition to Community College," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 61(5), pages 588-602, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:reihed:v:61:y:2020:i:5:d:10.1007_s11162-020-09601-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11162-020-09601-z
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