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Andre, Enedine B. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Nationally an estimated 41% of traditional students who begin seeking an undergraduate degree do not persist through degree attainment. Guided by Tinto's theory of student departure and the theory of social integration, the purpose of this study was to identify the reasons students withdrew from college prior to degree completion. A qualitative…
Descriptors: Semi Structured Interviews, Withdrawal (Education), Coding, Undergraduate Students
Hicks, Deborah K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The researcher investigated three types of factors, academic, commitment, and social on college sophomore's decisions to persist at predominately White institutions. The academic factors (academic integration, academic rigor), commitment (goal commitment and institutional commitment) and social factors (social integration and racial climate) were…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Persistence, College Students, Selective Admission