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ERIC Number: EJ219734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Predicting Freshman Persistence and Voluntary Dropout Decisions from a Theoretical Model.
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T.
Journal of Higher Education, v51 n1 p60-75 Jan-Feb 1980
A five-scale instrument developed from a theoretical model of college attrition correctly identified the persistence/voluntary withdrawal decisions of 78.5 percent of 773 freshmen in a large, residential university. Findings showed that student relationships with faculty were particularly important. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropouts, Educational Research, Higher Education, Identification, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Persistence, Prediction, Student Attrition, Student Teacher Relationship, Universities, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Syracuse University NY