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A Comparative Study Of The Home Environment, College Environment, & Personal, Emotional, & Academic Characteristics Of The Dropout & Persistent Student At Western Kentucky University, Casimir Kowalski
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The specific focus of this study was to examine the differences between the home environment, college environment, and the personal-emotional and academic characteristics of the dropout and persistent students at Western Kentucky University.
Within the design of this study three separate clusters of factors were examined. These factors were as follows:
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The home environment as expressed by family size, income, parental pressures, size of community and high school graduating class I-as an influence on persistency.
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The college environment as expressed by the student's relationship with other students, his advisor, faculty members, and the personnel services has an influence on persistency. …