Adjustment of Black Students at a Historically White South African University

By J. Sennett, G. Finchilescu, K. Gibson, R. Strauss. 2003

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Adjustment to College as Measured by the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire: A Quantitative Review of its Structure and Relationships with Correlates and Consequences (2012, background): “Numerous researchers (e.g., McDonald and Vrana 2007; Schneider and Ward 2003; Sennett et al. 2003), have examined the relationship between demographic characteristics and the ability of students to effectively adjust to college.”
Access and quality in South African higher education : the twin challenges of transformation (2008, background): “Recent research indicates significantly poorer levels of both adjustment of black students at previously white institutions (Sennett et al. 2003), decline in performance of black students as compared to their white counterparts and the consequent effect on their dropout rates (Agar1990; Van Heerden ”
Adjustment to university and academic performance among disadvantaged students in South Africa (2009, background): “Research shows that economically and educationally disadvantaged students are particularly vulnerable to adjustment difficulties in making the transition from secondary school to university (e.g., Sennett et al., 2003).”