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Transition to Higher Education – in Search of Belonging

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How Higher Education Feels

Part of the book series: Imagination and Praxis ((IPCC))

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The transition to higher education is a significant milestone in the life-cycle of students. It evokes a range of emotions from excitement to fear as they make a new intellectual and social home for themselves. Traditional-aged students who leave home often find themselves mingling with and learning from students with quite different backgrounds.

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  1. Center for Higher Education Enterprise, Department of Educational Studies, Ohio State University, US

    Terrell Strayhorn

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Strayhorn, T. (2016). Transition to Higher Education – in Search of Belonging. In: How Higher Education Feels. Imagination and Praxis. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-636-1_3

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