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Shepler, Dustin K.; Woosley, Sherry A. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
This study sought to better understand the early integration experiences of college students with disabilities by examining two research questions: (1) How well do the variables in Tinto's (1993) classic model of student attrition predict the early integration experiences of college students with disabilities? and (2) How do students with…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Integration, Disabilities, Statistical Analysis
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Sweat, Jeffrey; Jones, Glenda; Han, Suejung; Wolfgram, Susan M. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This High Impact Practices (HIPS) contribute to higher retention and graduation rates. HIPS are effective for racial and ethnic minorities in particular, who disproportionately experience high and persistent levels of postsecondary attrition. Little is known about the mechanism by which HIPS promote retention. Based on a random survey of 268…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Predictive Validity, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
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Lott, Joe L., II; Gardner, Susan; Powers, Daniel A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2010
The STEM fields, otherwise known as the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics areas, have become the focus of multiple studies and funding initiatives in recent years. Despite these efforts, lingering concerns exist about who enters, who is retained, and who completes the doctorate in STEM fields. This study utilizes discrete-time…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, Doctoral Degrees, Science Education, Academic Persistence
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Deviney, David; Mills, LaVelle H.; Gerlich, R. Nicholas – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2010
This research explores the impact of students' ability to adjust to school environment at a residential accelerated upper-level high school for math and science. Students in their junior and senior years were given the DISC (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness) behavioral instrument and tracked over a two year period. The DISC has…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Acceleration (Education), Student Adjustment, Residential Schools
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Woosley, Sherry; Slabaugh, Katie; Sadler, Aimee E.; Mason, Gary W. – NASPA Journal, 2005
Research on student withdrawals has largely ignored the issue of stop-outs, those students who withdraw from a college or university but subsequently reenroll. As a result, student withdrawals have been seen as an attrition issue. However, this study suggests they should be viewed as a retention possibility rather than an attrition issue. This…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Education), Stopouts, Higher Education, Student Attrition