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The Effect Of Academic Advisor Type On Undergraduate Student Retention, Brian Patrick French
The Effect Of Academic Advisor Type On Undergraduate Student Retention, Brian Patrick French
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This study was designed to examine the effect of academic advisor type on retention of first-year, full-time, four-year degree-seeking students at a mid-size research university in the western U.S., while controlling for several predictor variables identified in contemporary and seminal literature as having a potential impact on student retention. Predictor variables are: socioeconomic status, first generation in family to attend college, high school grade point average, first semester grade point average, and enrollment in developmental coursework.
In the study, a binary logistic regression model was employed to determine whether academic advisor type had a statistically significant effect on the probability …