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Vanacore, Gina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2019
It is widely understood in the higher education community that students from the lowest socioeconomic (SES) status achieve lower college graduation rates than those from other SES, even when controlling for other variables. Certain programs and services have been shown to positively affect student persistence, even when compared by student SES and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Graduation Rate
Kennedy, Peter W.; Sheckley, Barry G.; Kehrhahn, Marijke T. – 2000
This study examined what combination of students' adjustment, institutional attachment, Scholastic Assessment Test scores, high school class rank, college grade point average (GPA), adaptive style, self-efficacy, and help-seeking would discriminate persisters from nonpersisters after 1 year of college. Researchers investigated the degree of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students