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A Quantitative Study of Persistence Factors for First-Year Students at Urban and Residential Universities

Shiban, Abbey
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1390413118

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
Persistence from the first to second year of college can be challenging for students at urban institutions given that they face added pressures and unique situations preventing them from persisting beyond the first year of higher education. While first-year persistence in higher education has been investigated, very little formal research exists on persistence at urban institutions. To bridge this gap, a quantitative analysis of 395 students at two urban and two residential four-year public institutions in Ohio was conducted using the Social Integration and Persistence Intentions Scale (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1980) while exploring comprehensive factors such as students' pre-college and demographic characteristics, and institutional commitments through chi-square tests of independence and multiple regressions. The research question for the study asks: What factors impact the persistence of first-year adult learners in higher education from their first year to their second year of education? The findings demonstrated that persistence has a statistically significant relationship with ethnicity and race, hours working, living on campus, parents' education, and relationships with faculty. Additionally, attending an urban or rural university also has a statistically significant relationship with persistence. The conclusions from this study include important implications for higher education, adult learning and education, and urban education from the perspective of urban institutions.
Elice Rogers, Ed.D. (Committee Chair)
Jonathan Messemer, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Brian Harper, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Paul Williams, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Mittie Davis-Jones, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
224 p.
Adult Education; Education; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
urban; persistence; higher education; adult learning; first-year; freshman; urban education; college

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  • Shiban, A. (2013). A Quantitative Study of Persistence Factors for First-Year Students at Urban and Residential Universities [Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1390413118

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shiban, Abbey. A Quantitative Study of Persistence Factors for First-Year Students at Urban and Residential Universities. 2013. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1390413118.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shiban, Abbey. "A Quantitative Study of Persistence Factors for First-Year Students at Urban and Residential Universities." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1390413118

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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