The Role of Postsecondary Institutional Urbanicity in College Persistence

Autor/inn/en	Sparks, P. Johnelle; Nuñez, Anne-Marie
Titel	The Role of Postsecondary Institutional Urbanicity in College Persistence
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 29 (2014) 6, (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Institutional Characteristics; Academic Persistence; Rural Schools; School Location; Suburban Schools; Place of Residence; Student Characteristics; College Students; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Schulgelände; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Wohnort; Collegestudent
Abstract	Students from rural areas are less likely than their urban or suburban counterparts to attend college (Adelman, 2002; Hu, 2003). Although theorists have postulated that institutional urbanicity directly affects college student outcomes (Berger & Milem, 2000), few, if any empirical studies have examined the relationship between an institution's urbanicity and the outcome of individual student persistence. This study employs multilevel modeling to examine the effect of attending a rural institution on individual student persistence. We find persistence does not differ by residential location; however, student level characteristics vary greatly by the location of the four-year institution attended. Additionally, several of the institutional level characteristics, including other structural, peer, and financial organizational factors, as well as local economic conditions, have an independent effect on individual student persistence. These characteristics vary significantly depending on if the institution is located in a rural, suburban, or urban location. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Penn State University College of Education, Center on Rural Education and Communities. 310B Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-863-2031; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10