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The Role of Facebook in Fostering Transfer Student Integration

  • Kimberly Nehls EMAIL logo and Brandy D. Smith
Published/Copyright: November 12, 2014
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Abstract

Persistence of transfer students is greatly influenced by academic and social integration at receiving institutions. The purpose of this study was to examine how transfer students and student affairs professionals used Facebook during the initial transition to campus. Findings from 15 different institutional Facebook groups revealed that transfer students integrated more socially, compared with academically, via social media

Published Online: 2014-11-12
Published in Print: 2014-11-1

© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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