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Modeling University Retention and Graduation Rates Using IPEDS
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Chen Zong; Alan Davis – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
This study aimed to replicate, revise, and validate the model of Institutional Performance in Graduation Rate developed by Fung based on Tinto and Astin theories. The sample included 706 public, 4-year, Title IV postsecondary institutions in the United States. Two CFA-SEM models were conducted with the IPEDS 2011-2017 data. The relationships among…
Descriptors: Models, College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
Campus Racial Climate: A Litmus Test for Faculty Satisfaction at Four-Year Colleges and Universities
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Victorino, Christine A.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Conley, Sharon – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article reports on a study that investigated the relationship between three dimensions of campus racial climate and faculty satisfaction with a large, nationally representative faculty sample (N = 29,169), using a multilevel structural equation model. Results indicate that campus racial climate has a large and highly significant effect upon…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Environment, Racial Relations, College Faculty
A Conceptual Model on the Impact of Mattering, Sense of Belonging, Engagement/Involvement, and Socio-Academic Integrative Experiences on Community College Students' Intent to Persist
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Tovar, Esau – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges continue to experience high levels of student attrition and low degree/certificate completion rates. Given extant literature, there appears to be a need to reexamine how interactions between students and the institution, and students and institutional agents are taking place, with the aim of identifying institutional practices…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Intention, Academic Persistence