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Validating a Factor Structure for Non-Cogntive Variables in Relation to the Early Academic Success and Retention of First Time, Full Time Freshmen
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Rainey, Shawn Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted within the measurement portion of a structural equation model (SEM) looking at first time, full time freshmen's perceptions, commitments, and behaviors in the early part of the first fall semester. Survey items collected within the first three to five weeks of the initial fall semester were found to…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Validity, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement
Social Capital, Climate of Prejudice and Discrimination, Environmental Pull, and Academic and Social Integration as Predictive Factors of 6-Year Completion Rates for Minority Undergraduates in Selective Universities
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Wagner, Jennie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The United States has become more ethnically diverse, and this trend is projected to continue. Despite an increase in minority group enrollment on campus in the United States during the last decade, their rates of degree completion are not keeping pace (NCES, 2007). The question that remains to be answered is: What factors are unique to minority…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Minority Group Students, Race, Educational Attainment