Makenzi Chance

CIED 1003

Betsy Orr

9 June 2017

Using Mullins Library to Find Articles

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Date: Winter 2007

Title: Why Community College Students Make Successful Transfer Students

Author(s): Urso, David; John J "Ski" Sygielski.

The message of this article focuses on how schools are shifting away from simply

helping students register for classes, and shifting towards helping them identify and become

involved with all of the parts of the "traditional" college experience that are available to them.

The first part of this article is about a 17-year-old high school graduate, Tony, who

earned a dozen college credits during high school through a dual enrollment program his high

school arranged with his community college. Tony, like many of his friends, decided to spend a

year at a local community college in order to save money, and to complete a years worth of

transfer courses before transferring to a four-year institution. Spending his first year at a

community college, Tony was able to receive individualized attention from his professors. After

completion of the first year, and confidence he gained from his outstanding performance, Tony

decided to stay for a second year, rather than transferring to a four-year institution. Tony came

to the realization that completing his associates degree before leaving would make it easier to

find a part-time job during his time at a four-year institution.

 The second part of this article is about a 40-year-old African American single mother,

Mary Ann, who decided to enroll in a couple community college courses after being laid off

from her job. While working a new part-time, she decided to enroll in a total of three classes;

two classes in the evening and one on Saturday morning while her mother watched her

children. Mary Ann's commitment was boosted by her success in those initial three classes, and

she enrolled as a full-time student the following semester, where she remained for the next

two years. Her success allowed her to become an active model to and mentor for several other

single mothers who were just beginning their higher education experience. She received her

associate's degree in Nursing and was able to transfer all of her community college coursework

to a local four-year institution to further her education and attain her bachelor's degree in

Nursing.
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Date: April 1, 2011

Title: The international development of the Social Norms approach to drug education and

prevention

Author(s): John McAlaney, Bridgette Bewick, Clarissa Hughes

This article talks about the social norms approach to health promotion which can be

seen as an alternative to the traditional approaches of health education. Research has

demonstrated that the traditional fear-based approaches of health education, such as the

traditional approach, is rather ineffective in reducing drug and alcohol misuse. The social norms

approach is different than the traditional approach because it recognizes that individuals
(mostly young adults such as college students) have the tendency to overestimate how much

and how often they can consume alcohol. Unlike interventions that result in the individual

being frightened or confronted by a particular group, the social norms projects tend to focus on

the perceptions that people have of the attitudes and behaviors of their peers. The social

norms approach is a new form of alcohol and drug intervention.

The basis of the social norms approach is to correct an individuals misperception of

drugs and alcohol. Therefore, the social pressure on the individual to engage in drug and

alcohol use can be lessened. The majority of the social norms research has been conducted

here in the United States, particularly the college system. However, similar research is also

being conducted in Canada. This approach has also received some attention and an attraction

from policymakers around the world.