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A Replication of a Path Analytic Validation of Tino's Theory of College Student Attrition.
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – Review of Higher Education, 1985
A study of the predictive validity of Tinto's theory of college student attrition is described. Compensatory interaction between levels of goal and institutional commitment indicated that institutional commitment had its greatest positive influence on retention for students with low levels of commitment to completing a college degree, and vice…
Descriptors: Background, College Students, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
Ratings of the Academic Program by Freshman Students in "Systematically Designed" and "Conventional" Courses: A Discriminant Analysis.
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1974
This exploratory study was designed to determine whether those students enrolled in courses systematically designed by faculty teams to incorporate nontraditional and innovative instruction differed from students not taking these courses in attitudes toward academic and nonacademic experience. Questionnaires were sent to a sample of 400 freshman…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Discriminant Analysis
A Conceptual and Methodological Approach to the Identification of Peer Institutions.
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1980
A methodology developed as an alternative to conventional institutional classification structures, intended to reduce the limitations of those models, is described. Ways in which the methodology can be used for planning, administrative, and research purposes are discussed, as are the dangers in using "peer groups" for institutional…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping, College Planning