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Peer reviewedRowe, Fred A.; Smith, Nancy M. – College and University, 1990
The Work Values Inventory and Self-Directed Search were used to predict retention of students in office occupation majors at Utah Valley Community College. The predictive model distinguished among students either retained (graduated, on-track, and "jobbed-out") and noncompleters. Noncompletion was correctly predicted for about 73 percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Higher Education, Models
