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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Student departure"”.
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Dual Enrollment And Its Impact on College Freshman Persistence: A Modification of Tinto's Model of Student Departure
… in this study broadly refers to high school students who take college courses for college credit. The second purpose was to explore the underlying processes whereby dual enrollments programs serve as a transition bridge for matriculating students. This study employed a longitudinal case study …
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Predicting student departure: academic integration and other factors that predict departure among nontraditional students at a commuter university
… model that identified variables that predict departure among nontraditional students at a commuter institution. This study explored Braxton et al. (2004) theory of student departure in commuter colleges and universities, particularly proposition 13 which states that student entry …
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THE EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY ON STUDENT PROGRESS
… between pregnancy in undergraduate college students and educational attainment and to determine the strength and direction of said relationship. A quantitative research approach composed of historical medical and retention data was utilized. Vincent Tinto’s theory of student departure was …
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The Effects of Career Commitment, Distress, and Persistence on Academic Success among Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Students
The ability of students, specifically in higher education environments, to persist is a critical determinant of academic success. Student success is especially precarious within programs of nursing, where curricula include clinical, laboratory, and didactic content. Identifying and describing the …
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Understanding the Integrative Role of an Academic Library for Undergraduate Student Workers
This study explored how undergraduate library student workers at an urban, 4-year public institution perceived their work experiences in an academic library as contributing to their social and academic integration in college. Tinto's (1993) model on student departure formed the basis for this study …
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The whores left behind: Black sex workers’ college navigation & loneliness
This thesis explores how registered student organizations (RSOs), the collegiate version of K-12 extracurricular programs, designed for Black students’ enrichment and retention on college campuses may constrict, exclude, and disregard Black college sex workers and their identity. Through a Black …
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A Further Exploration of College Student Attrition: The Predicative Validity of the College Adjustment Scales
… Scales when supplemented with the College Student Inventory, a nineteen-scale instrument designed to predict college attrition. Although the College Student Inventory significantly predicted attrition, R = -.09, p < .05, the College Adjustment Scales could not significantly incrementally …
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Exploring The Impact Of A Targeted Support Program For Underrepresented Minority Students At A Predominantly White Regional Institution
… Freshman Academy, a targeted support program for students at a predominantly White regional institution, on the academic success of 1st-year underrepresented minority students, as measured by 1st-year grade point average and retention. Vincent Tinto’s interactionalist theory and student departure …
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Factors That Influence the Persistence Rates of White Undergraduate Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
… the persistence rates of White undergraduate students attending HBCUs from the students' perspectives. Applying Tinto's Model of Student Departure (1975, 1993) as a lens for persistence, the overall aim in this study was to focus on the students' social and academic integration at the …
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Relationship Between Grit, Academic Mindset, First-Year GPA, and Perceptions Related to Persistence for Non-Traditional College Students
<p>Retention of non-traditional college students has been a significant concern for postsecondary institutions, students, their families, and society. This study sought to explore the relationships between grit, academic mindset, first-year GPA, and the perceptions of students related to …
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A Longitudinal Analysis of a Geography-Based Minority Recruiting Model
… goals and commitments of participant-students and their knowledge and understanding about geography as major discipline and career path. In addition, differences between and among the participant-students were analyzed. Theories of student departure, socio-cultural learning, and …
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Broadening The Learning Community Experience: An Outdoor Orientation Program's Impact On Engagement, Persistence, And Retention
… the participants. The strategies to persist the students gained through their engagement leads to retention of the participants. Both persistence and retention as facilitated through the Keystone Learning Community feed back into deeper engagement at the institution.A conceptual framework is …
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Remote Rural Students' Perceptions of their Collegiate Transition Experience
… research project focused on the perceptions of students from remote rural communities as they told of their transition experiences to mid-size, research-intensive university. During the spring of 2008, thirteen students from North Dakota remote rural counties agreed to be interviewed for this …
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Voices of persistence: a case study analysis of African American male community college students participating in a first-year learning community
… and persistence of African American male students (Cuyjet, 1997, 2006: Harper, 2004, 2006a; Pope, 2006; Bush & Bush, 2010; Strayhorn, 2012). While research into the deficits of these male college students continues to underscore cognitive shortcomings and faulty secondary education as the …
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Reflections on a Promise: Student Experiences at a Two-Year Promise Institution and Their Educational Aspirations
<p>College students and their families have to shoulder more of the burden in college costs due to rising tuition. To deter students from adding to the national student loan debt, promise programs have been launched to eliminate cost as a barrier to postsecondary education. Programs vary in design …
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Using geographic information systems to identify student retention patterns
<p>Student retention continues to be a salient issue for administrators and scholars in higher education. For more than 50 years researchers in numerous disciplines, including sociology, psychology, and economic theory, have tried to discover the reasons why students decide to remain in school …
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Creating a climate for success?: Does racial composition matter for undergraduate Latina/o STEM retention?
… is intensified, especially for Latina/o students, who are among the fastest growing ethnic minority group across the United States and at four-year colleges and universities. Concerns for national security, human capital development, innovation, and equity also demand increased …
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The Significance of Interactions: Understanding Gender, Ethnicity/race, and Socioeconomic Status as Related to the Likelihood of Bachelor’s Degree Completion
… efforts. Using Tinto’s conceptual model of student departure, this dissertation examines a model of bachelor’s degree completion, focusing on the interaction of gender, ethnicity/race, and socioeconomic status. Framed by critical race feminist theory, this research acknowledges variance in …
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The Impact of An Innovative Online Orientation Program on Graduation among Graduate Nursing Students: A Secondary Analysis
… was to examine the impact of the MORE Program on student’s on-time graduation and attrition. Tinto’s Theoretical Model of Student Departure (1993) was used as the guiding theoretical framework. A retrospective secondary analysis was conducted on all 608 MSN students who enrolled in the Fall 2016 …
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