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Direct linkCrisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 2010
This study examined the impact of a set of theoretically-derived predictor variables on the persistence and transfer of Hispanic community college students. Early models of student persistence have been validated primarily among 4-year college students. While the constructs have been well-established, the relationships of those relevant factors…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
Peer reviewedHagedorn, Linda Serra; Siadat, M. Vali; Fogel, Shereen F.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 1999
A study using a path-analytic model compared first-year college students enrolled in remedial-type mathematics courses with counterparts enrolled in nonremedial coursework. Results revealed that students enrolled in nonremedial courses entered the institution with many advantages over those enrolled in remedial mathematics. Background variables…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Mathematics
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study of college student persistence decisions found college experiences, academic achievement, and environmental pull factors contributed most to persistence decisions, with differential effects for gender and ethnic groups. No precollege factors were significant. For minorities the strongest factors in dropping out were family responsibilities…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; Olivas, Michael A. – Research in Higher Education, 1988
A study of research faculty in Texas employed the theoretical framework proposed by Alvin Gouldner, who theorized that the most privileged academics hold the most conservative social and academic views. These "gatekeepers" control professional dogma, and by means of editorships and board memberships establish normative behavior for the discipline.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conservatism, Discriminant Analysis, Governance
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 1987
A study that tested a modified version of Tinto's student attrition model on a Chicano student population in two year colleges is discussed. Measures of goodness of fit were examined to provide indices for the overall fit of the causal model in the study. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Data Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; Cabrera, Alberto F. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
A study with 2,453 college students investigated the construct validity of the student commitment to institution as a factor in academic persistence. Results suggest factors such as institutional quality, practical educational utility, student-institution fit, and loyalty to institution were more predictive of persistence than similarity of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Environment, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; Horvath, Fran – Research in Higher Education, 1990
The study tested a structural equation model of community college enrollment patterns of White and Hispanic males and females and the invariance of parameter estimates among subgroups. High school preparation in mathematics and science (M/S), M/S attitudes, M/S enrollment patterns, parent education, encouragement, and high school grades were…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Community Colleges, Enrollment Rate, Females
Peer reviewedNora, Amaury; Rendon, Laura I. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
Relationships among student background, initial commitments, social integration, academic integration, and predisposition to transfer were investigated with Hispanic (N=422) and White (N=147) students enrolled in six southwestern community colleges. Ethnic background had no relationship to predisposition to transfer. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAllen, David; Nora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 1995
In a study of the construct validity of goal commitment in college student persistence, goal commitment was decomposed into multiple indicators of the same latent construct. Predictive validity of each subcomponent on different outcomes related to persistence was established. Only one factor was found to have a significant direct effect on student…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Students, Construct Validity
