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Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – Sociology of Education, 1979
Discusses a study which investigated effects of student characteristics and measures of social and academic integration on voluntary college freshman withdrawal decisions. Findings indicated that student-faculty relationships were the most important factors influencing whether students remained in college. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Sociology
Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – Journal of Educational Research, 1979
The study presents an investigation of the association between freshman year voluntary persistence/withdrawal decisions and different types of student-faculty informal contact beyond the classroom. (JMF)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attrition (Research Studies), College Faculty, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedTerenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – The Review of Higher Education, 1984
The relation between residence arrrangement and college attendance patterns was studied. The degree to which the nature of the group with whom a freshman college student lives may influence that student's decision to continue enrollment into the sophomore year was assessed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Commuting Students, Dropout Research, Females
Peer reviewedTerenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Research in Higher Education, 1977
The validity of Tinto's (1975) theory of student attrition, which asserts that withdrawal relates most directly to students' integration in the social and academic systems of an institution, is examined. This study supports that theory and also suggests that informal interaction with faculty plays an important role as well. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1986
A longitudinal study of factors influencing the long-term academic persistence of 825 students beginning their postsecondary education in two-year colleges supports the importance of person-environment fit in persistence. Measures of academic and social integration most consistently correlated positively with persistence, while student precollege…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Research, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1983
Tinto's model of college persistence/withdrawal, developed for residential colleges, is tested at a nonresidential institution. Results indicated that the concepts of person-environment fit, social integration, and institutional commitment operated differently in the commuter institution. A reconceptualized model for explaining…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Commuter Colleges, Decision Making, Dropout Characteristics
Download full textTerenzini, 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
