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Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; Cabrera, Alberto F. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
A study with 2,453 college students investigated the construct validity of the student commitment to institution as a factor in academic persistence. Results suggest factors such as institutional quality, practical educational utility, student-institution fit, and loyalty to institution were more predictive of persistence than similarity of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Environment, Construct Validity
Download full textWalsh, Timothy A. – 2000
This study used publicly available information to identify institutional controllable variables that influence graduation rate and to group colleges using these factors. The dependent variable for the correlation analysis was the six-year graduation rate of the fall 1993 freshman cohort (as reported by US News and World Report) at more than 1,400…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Environment, College Graduates, Colleges
Lehman, Penny W.; And Others – 1992
The Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CCSEQ) is an instrument designed to determine how community college students spend their time and what quality of effort they put into learning. Specifically, the content of the questionnaire focuses on four elements: who students are and why they are at the college; how extensively and…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
