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  • Limited understanding of first-year students' academic transition in professional higher education (HE).
  • Academic adjustment and integration offer complementary views on this transition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine first-year students' perceptions of critical experiences during their academic transition in professional HE.
  • Identify key adjustment and integration themes relevant to the first semester of higher education (FYHE).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the critical incident technique with 104 students in a Flemish university college.
  • Students completed reflective logs detailing three critical academic experiences from their first semester.
  • Employed inductive, cross-case content analysis of student narratives.

Main Results:

  • Identified nine themes of academic experiences: five adjustment themes (program organization, study management, commitment, class engagement, content processing) and four integration themes (competence, stress, preparedness, support).
  • These themes were reported as meaningful throughout the entire first semester, though importance varied by time.

Conclusions:

  • Academic transition in professional HE is multifaceted, involving both practical adjustments and psychosocial integration.
  • Understanding these themes is crucial for supporting first-year students' success in vocational higher education programs.