Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Dissertation - NSU Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

William Frost

Committee Member

Robert Valenzuela

Committee Member

John M. Enger

Committee Member

Maryellen Maher

Keywords

Student Attrition, Retention (in School), Social Integration, Academic Persistence, Faculty Integration (2004)

Abstract

The problem was that a private college of education had been experiencing a trend of lower registrations from its current roster of students. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that contributed to students’ nonpersistence and develop a retention plan.

An analysis on the data revealed that the demographic, preentry academic, and geographical factors did not predict nonpersistence and that students’ feelings were mixed on their academic, social, and institutional integration at the school. Further, the students indicated that, of their affective experiences while in school, motivational and psychological factors related to their ability to persist but that their decision to persist or not was not impacted by their professional and personal experiences.

An analysis of the instrument’s reliability scales were also assessed and showed that the results were consistent with most of the Institutional Integrated Scale with the exception of the institutional integration scale. Additionally, the rating for the 2 affective experiences scale showed a favorable rating for professional and personal experiences but not for motivational and psychological scale.

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