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Predictors Of Persistence Among Community College Adult And Traditional-Aged Students, Kellie Crawford Sorey
Predictors Of Persistence Among Community College Adult And Traditional-Aged Students, Kellie Crawford Sorey
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Previous literature has documented the high attrition rates for community college students. Beyond raw data, research has demonstrated that predictors of higher education persistence may include a student's background characteristics, a student's external commitments, institutional influences, and a combination thereof. However, empirical research on the persistence of community college students is scarce, and even fewer studies address the differential predictors of persistence between adult and traditional-aged students. The present study examined the predictors of institutional persistence among adult and traditional-aged degree-seeking, first-time enrollees at a public, multi-campus two-year community college in southeast Virginia.
A random sample comprised of 350 traditional-aged …