College Transition Initiative

Welcome to the blog of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding’s (CPYU) College Transition Initiative (CTI). This site contains commentary on transitional issues, exploring research, trends and college student culture. For more information visit: www.cpyu.org.

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The transition from high school to college is a difficult one, and yet, it is a transition that is often overlooked. This site is to help college bound students, parents, and youth workers stay up to date on the latest research and trends in regards to college transition. Your comments are greatly appreciated. Join the conversation!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fuller Research: College Transition Project

The Center for Youth & Family Ministry (CYFM) at Fuller Theological Seminary is trying to better understand the characteristics of youth groups that are associated with a healthy transition to college life and help youth workers develop those qualities in their youth groups. Currently, CYFM is engaged in two 3-year longitudinal studies with over 350 students from around the U.S. with the goals of understanding the dynamics involved in the transition to college life and discovering what components of students' youth group experiences helped them make that transition. Eventually, this research will be translated into resources that youth ministries can use to help students and families better navigate the transition to college. Periodically, CYFM reports on their research and offers reflections on some of the implications for youth workers. The latest article is very helpful. You Make the Call: What College Freshmen Need to Hear from their Youth Pastors, explains how making a simple phone call to college students can go a long way. The article also reports on some of the other findings from the study. This article is well worth the read and will hopefully make the rounds in youth ministry circles. In my humble opinion, CYFM's College Transition Project is the most important study being conducted on transitional issues. I can't wait to see the end result of this study in the next three years!

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Death by Blog Boredom

I have been tagged by my good friend Bob Robinson on his blog Vanguard Church. He had been tagged by people who are trying to discover "five little-known treasures of the blogosphere in order to put to death our blog boredom." It was a nice surprise to be recognized on Mr. Robinson's blog. Thank you, thank you.

Now I am supposed to list five more "little-known treasures." Here's my problem: I don't really know what blogs are "little known." So, I will simply list the five blogs I read most often.

Hearts & Minds Booknotes
Walt Mueller's Blog (I think I would be fired if I didn't mention this one.)
Gideon Strauss
GroshLink
Vanguard Church (does that count?)