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The Effects of a Comprehensive College Transition Program on Psychosocial Factors Associated with Success in College

Tatiana Melguizo,
Francisco Martorell,
Elise Swanson,
W. Edward Chi,
Elizabeth Park,
Adrianna Kezar

We examine the effects of a comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) on four psychosocial outcomes associated with postsecondary success: sense of belonging, mattering, and academic and social self-efficacy. The CCTP operates on three four-year campuses and includes a range of supports, including shared academic courses, peer mentoring, and residential or common community spaces. We leverage the randomization of Angrist et al. (2014), but restrict our comparison to scholarship recipients with and without CCTP exposure. To account for differential attrition from the experimental sample, we rely on a “selection on observables” assumption for our primary analysis. Results suggest that the program significantly and substantially increased students’ sense of belonging and mattering, but had no effect on academic or social self-efficacy.

Keywords
College transition, psychosocial outcomes, experimental design
Education level
Post-secondary education
Topics
Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Tags
College readiness,
Higher education,
Belonging
Download 11/2019
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/840r-9948
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Melguizo, Tatiana, Francisco Martorell, Elise Swanson, W. Edward Chi, Elizabeth Park, and Adrianna Kezar. (). The Effects of a Comprehensive College Transition Program on Psychosocial Factors Associated with Success in College. (EdWorkingPaper: -158). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/840r-9948

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