Alienation and First-Year Student Retention. Professional File. Number 116, Spring 2010

Autor/in	Liu, Richard
Institution	Association for Institutional Research
Titel	Alienation and First-Year Student Retention. Professional File. Number 116, Spring 2010
Quelle	(2010), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; School Holding Power; Alienation; Predictor Variables; Minority Groups; College Housing; Student Financial Aid; College Environment; Grade Point Average; Active Learning; Cooperative Learning; Dropouts; College Transfer Students; Minnesota; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Entfremdung; Prädiktor; Ethnische Minderheit; Studentenunterkunft; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Hochschulumwelt; Aktives Lernen; Kooperatives Lernen; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel
Abstract	Since Summerskill's study on college attrition forty years ago, the interest in this topic has never waned. This study was particularly interested in the relationship of race to retention. Various theoretical frames of references have been proposed: Price's organization theory, Durkheim's Suicide, and Marx's Alienation have been used to guide empirical studies. These theories have developed into the concepts of student equilibrium and student change. Critiques of these approaches are provided. It is proposed that Alienation, one of the aspects of student change, is an important theoretical reference to use in exploring first-year retention. Factors affecting retention were examined by using both binary and multinomial logistic regression to analyze the heterogeneous student population who did not return their second year. Findings suggest that race is related to retention but not in the anticipated way. Also, support was found for including a measure for Alienation to explain retention, as it was one of the most significant variables in the models. A bibliography is included. (Contains 5 footnotes and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10