QUESTS: An Urban University Outdoor Experience Orientation Program As A Retention Vehicle

Hill, William E.; Nolan, Christy David; Scrogin, Jovita

doi:10.7768/1948-5123.1058

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“…• No attrition in either group • Higher retention rates for outdoor orientation (1 year) • Higher mention rates approaching sig (p = .06; 3 years) • Higher retention rates of outdoor orientation • Non significant results (p = .07; 1 year) • Higher retention rates • Higher retention rates and graduation rates • Higher retention rates than first-year experience course • Stogner, 1978• Gass, 1987• Gass, 1990• Brown, 1998• Vlamis, Bell, & Gass, 2011• Hill, Nolan, & Scrogin, 2010• Bell & Chang, 2017 Reichart, 2017…”

Section: Retentionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Investigation of the Connection Between Outdoor Orientation and Thriving

Rude

Bobilya

Bell

2017

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This study explored the contribution of outdoor orientation experiences to student thriving. Participants included 295 first-year college students from three institutions across North America. A thriving model was tested using structural equation modeling and included the following variables: outdoor orientation, thriving, involvement, spirituality, psychological sense of community, student-faculty interaction, and control variables. Although the predictive importance of outdoor orientation is modest (β = .048), it contributes significantly to a model explaining 72.8% of the variance in thriving levels. Outdoor orientation directly predicted campus involvement (β = .246) and spirituality (β =-.146). Findings indicate that participating in an outdoor orientation may create a propensity for students to become more involved in campus life, which may foster a greater sense of campus community, culminating in thriving. These results suggest that practitioners should enhance both a psychological sense of community among students and the durability of outdoor experiences back on campus.

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Section: Retentionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Investigation of the Connection Between Outdoor Orientation and Thriving

Rude

Bobilya

Bell

2017

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“…With this in mind, many universities have turned to OOPs to provide students with positive transition experiences (Austin et al, 2010; Bell & Holmes, 2011; Hill, Nolan, & Scrogin, 2010; Wolfe & Kay, 2011). The creation and maintenance of social support networks is a primary objective and has been found to have both short-term and long-term positive effects (Gass et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Community Development, Transitional Value, and Institutional Affinity

Howard

O’Connell

Lathrop

2015

Journal of Experiential Education

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This article examines the impact of an outdoor orientation program (OOP) on a cohort of first-year university students who participated in a canoe trip facilitated by peer leaders. The curriculum included training for outdoor skills and transitional guidance to university life (i.e., strategies for time management, critical thinking, becoming independent, diversity, and information about interpersonal relationships and healthy living). Employing McMillan and Chavis’s (1986) community development model and a qualitative case study approach, data were collected via a structured focus group designed to investigate the impact of the OOP on students’ adjustment to university life. Results of the study revealed that the OOP experience favorably affected students through the development of a strong sense of community, the facilitation of knowledge transfer from the wilderness context to the university setting, and the generation of a definitive sense of commitment and institutional loyalty to the university.

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