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Preliminary Development Of An Attrition Risk Assessment Instrument For Secondary Agricultural Educators, Laura L. (Lemons) Greenhaw, M. Todd Brashears, Scott Burris, Courtney Meyers, Carley Morrison
Preliminary Development Of An Attrition Risk Assessment Instrument For Secondary Agricultural Educators, Laura L. (Lemons) Greenhaw, M. Todd Brashears, Scott Burris, Courtney Meyers, Carley Morrison
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications
Secondary agricultural education has consistently faced a shortage of teachers for the past several decades. Because there are not enough newly qualified teachers certified annually to fill all the vacancies, attrition must be addressed. The purpose of this research was to develop and pilot test an attrition risk assessment instrument. Items were written and included in a preliminary instrument based on existing literature as well as a qualitative study we conducted previously. Principal components analysis resulted in a 25-question instrument, with 17 questions measuring attrition risk in four constructs including alternative career opportunities, expectations versus realities, passions, and people frustrations. …
A Correlational Case Study On Distance From Home And Attrition Of First-Time, Full-Time Students, James L. Baldwin
A Correlational Case Study On Distance From Home And Attrition Of First-Time, Full-Time Students, James L. Baldwin
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
As institutions face increasing demands to maintain or increase enrollments, colleges and universities have begun to recruit students from greater distances. The purpose of this ex-post facto case study was to determine the existence of a relationship between the institutional distance from home and the attrition of traditional-aged, first-time, full-time students prior to the second year at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, one of the four-year campuses of the University. Following the correlational analysis, further analysis was conducted to determine if a non-linear relationship existed between the institutional distance from home and attrition of first-year students prior to their …
The Impact Of Academic Advising On The Retention Of First-Year Students In A Gulf-Arab University, Selma Hagahmed
The Impact Of Academic Advising On The Retention Of First-Year Students In A Gulf-Arab University, Selma Hagahmed
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This study investigated academic advising and retention in a Gulf-Arab university. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered in order to understand how academic advising could have potentially contributed to the improvement of student retention. The focus of the study was on first-year students in the College of Business and Economics and the College of Law in a Gulf-Arab national four-year institution. The study compared the Grade Point Average (GPA) and the number of credit hours in two groups of first-year students: 1) a treatment group of students who utilized academic advising services and (2) the control group of students who …
The Impact Of Students' Academic And Social Relationships On College Student Persistence, Lindsay K. Wayt
The Impact Of Students' Academic And Social Relationships On College Student Persistence, Lindsay K. Wayt
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this research study was to determine the connection between students’ relationships and their choice to persist at a post-secondary institution. Although other literature has centered around why students chose to leave an institution or the importance of student involvement and engagement, this study focused on who is most influential in encouraging students to work toward their degree attainment. The study includes results of the influence of peers, family, college faculty, and college student affairs staff on student persistence decisions. This research sought to make a contribution to the literature on retention and attrition issues at colleges and …