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The Role of Students' Backgrounds and Levels of Academic and Social Integration in College Attrition: A Test of A Model.

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Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1978

To test Tinto's theory of college attrition, a longitudinal study involving 766 students enrolled in Syracuse University in September 1975 was conducted to determine whether freshmen persisters and voluntary dropouts differed on certain attitudinal and behavioral measures of academic and social integration once selected background characteristics…

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics

Validation of a Theoretical Model of College Dropouts.

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Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1982

The extent to which Tinto's model of college withdrawal has predictive validity in different types of postsecondary institutions was tested during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 academic years. Secondary analyses were conducted on a sample of 2,326 freshman students from 11 diverse institutions participating in project CHOICE (to better inform…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Commuter Colleges