*Validation Experiences and Persistence Among Urban Community College Students

Sub-constructs of faculty validation emerged, with items loading onto four components: students known and valued, good instruction, appreciation for diversity, and mentoring. Faculty validation was found to strongly predict students' sense of integration; each of the sub-constructs of faculty validation predicted student integration at a moderate to strong level, with good instruction the strongest predictor. Faculty validation modestly predicted students' intent to persist; two sub-constructs of faculty validation modestly predicted intent to persist---students known and valued and mentoring. Student integration modestly predicted intent to persist. Faculty validation's effect upon intent to persist was indirect, mediated through students' sense of integration.

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

2015

Author dc:creator

• Barnett, Elisabeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bragg, Debra D.

• Education, Higher

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3250210

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79953