The college dropout: The relative contribution of individual, structural, and institutional factors to the withdrawal of male and female, black and white students from 4-year colleges

This study sought to test the synthesis model of dropout which combines three approaches--the individual-oriented approach, the structure-oriented approach, and Tinto's interaction approach. Research questions were addressed as follows: (a) how well does the synthesis model fit the data in terms of a chi-square value with degrees of freedom (df), the goodness-of-fit index (GFI), the adjusted goodness-of-fit index (AGFI), and the root mean-square residual (RMSR)? (b) how do the variables representing the structure-oriented approach, the individual-oriented approach, and Tinto's interaction approach uniquely explain the withdrawal from college? (c) which one is relatively more important between the academic integration and the social integration in the model? and (d) can it be assumed that the forms of structural equations of persistence be invariant over groups by sex and by race?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kim, Jae-Woong

Contributors dc:contributor

• Trent, William T.

• Education, Sociology of
• Education, Administration
• Education, Higher

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Kim, Jae-Woong

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9210863
AAI9210863

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20732