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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Grief Experiences of First-Year Women Students in the Transition to College: Implications for Individual and Systemic Interventions.
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Gold, Joshua M.; Miller, Melani; Rotholz, Julie – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2001
Investigated grief issues in first-semester female students. Found that in-state students who had not visited home experienced more severe grief responses, that higher grievers earned significantly lower grades and returned for the spring semester in fewer numbers, and that high grievers, regardless of ethnicity, evidenced more pessimism and more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Freshmen
Disenfranchised Grief among First-Semester Male University Students: Implications for Systemic and Individual Intervention.
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Gold, Joshua M.; Neururer, Julie; Miller, Melani – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2000
Responses of 178 first-semester, male college students to a questionnaire of grief reactions during the transition process revealed grief was affected by: (1) being first in one's family to attend college; (2) distance from home; and (3) frequency of home visits. Higher grievers, regardless of ethnicity, evidenced greater pessimism toward college…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Emotional Problems, Grief, Higher Education