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Jackling, Beverley and Clowes, Courtney 2004, Perceptions of the first year experience at university, International journal of learning, vol. 10, pp. 1859-1872.

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Title Perceptions of the first year experience at university
Author(s) Jackling, Beverley
Clowes, Courtney
Journal name International journal of learning
Volume number 10
Start page 1859
End page 1872
Publisher Common Ground Publishing
Place of publication Altona, Vic
Publication date 2004
ISSN 1447-9540
1447-9494
Summary Until recently the issues of transition to university have been largely ignored in educational research. However, in recent years economic factors have meant that Governments require universities to be more publicly accountable and efficient than in the past. As a result, increased emphasis has been placed on the retention and transition of university students. Students new to tertiary study face a range of challenges in making the adjustment from school to university. They are expected to learn challenging material and to develop independent thought while adjusting to different teaching and expanded social environments (McInnis and James, with Mc Naught, 1995). In the context of first year accounting studies, the importance of the first year experience has been emphasised in the United States by the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) (1992). The AECC (1992, p.1) states that "the [first] course shapes [potential accounting majors'] perceptions of (1) the profession, (2) the aptitudes and skills needed for successful careers in accounting, and (3) the nature of career opportunities in accounting." Adams et al. (1994) and Cohen and Hanno (1993) provide empirical support for the importance of a positive experience in the first accounting course.
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Language eng
Field of Research 140299 Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002423
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