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ERIC Number: EJ448752
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
The "Second Half" of Student Integration: The Effects of Life Task Predominance on Student Persistence.
Brower, Aaron M.
Journal of Higher Education, v63 n4 p441-62 Jul-Aug 1992
This article offers a model of college student integration that emphasizes how students shape their college experiences by pursuing specific life tasks over others. A study of 311 first-year college students found that school persisters tended to focus more on academics during their first semester and social and personal needs during their second semester. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Models, Social Development, Student Adjustment, Student College Relationship, Student Development, Student Educational Objectives, Student Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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