Open AccessDepartmental and University Orientation
Author(s) -
Robin L. Love,
Michael Miller
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v9i2.2544
Subject(s) - orientation (vector space) , variety (cybernetics) , work (physics) , perception , higher education , student affairs , psychology , public relations , medical education , pedagogy , political science , computer science , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , law
University orientation programs typically rely on divisions of student affairs to build a system of student transition. With some help from academic departments, university wide orientations are loaded with the burdens of meeting a wide variety of institutional expectations while simultaneously responding to the personal needs of new students. Departmental orientation programs have evolved out of a combination of a need to transfer specific information about a major and to convey a sense of departmental expectation for student work and performance. The current study made use of a case study to identify the perceptions of current students about how university and departmental orientation programs do and should work together.