A Case Study of Second Year Student Persistence
| Autor: | Lyle Gohn, Sharon Donnelly, James Swartz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Persistence (psychology)
Medical education Student population Data collection business.industry 05 social sciences 050301 education medicine.disease Education Financial management 0502 economics and business Pedagogy medicine Attrition Time management 050207 economics business Psychology 0503 education Career choice Graduation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. 2:271-294 |
| ISSN: | 1541-4167 1521-0251 |
| Popis: | Most colleges/universities emphasize retention efforts during the first year. However, most campuses lose as many students through attrition from the second year to graduation as are lost from first to second year. Researchers at a major university in the mid-south studied second year students using a qualitative approach. A Conceptual Diagram of Issues, developed from the literature, guided the data collection and analysis. These included: Emotional and Personal Support; Commitment and Aspiration; Academic; and Financial. Eleven second-year students, representing various characteristics of the student population were interviewed. Major factors relating to attrition or persistence for second year students included: 1) adjustment to stress, 2) grade satisfaction, 3) time management, 4) financial management, and 5) stabilization of career choice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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