Characterizing Nonreturning College Students and Their Departure Intentions

Author:

Grabsch Dustin K.1ORCID,Sutro O’Brien Lauren1ORCID,Kirschner Caroline1,Chinnam Dedeepya1ORCID,Waddell Zak1ORCID,Leibowitz Ryan1,Madsen Michelle1

Affiliation:

1. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

Abstract

Success for 4-year universities is often measured by graduation and retention rates; however, gaps exist in understanding nonreturning students at private institutions. Recent research is helping to build the lexicon of drop-outs, stop-outs, opt-outs, and transfer-outs to inform strategic retention initiatives. Using an action research method, we characterized 1,091 students into designated subclasses and utilized exit interviews, advising notes, and university surveys to theme their departure intentions. Findings reveal transfer-outs to be the largest subclass, with departure reasons being summarized within themes of university experience and fit, health, academic, and financial. Recommendations are made for university administrators and retention offices related to exit survey questions, broadening success metrics, and to focus on specific student characteristic groups.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Education

Reference43 articles.

1. Transferability of approaches to sustainable development at universities as a challenge

2. Does the ‘Grounded Theory’ Approach offer a Guiding Paradigm for Teacher Research?

3. Quest for a sustainable university: a review

4. Brasher D. E., Jones J. A., Blom D. L. (1980). Attrition and retention. Report ED 224 367, U.S. Department of Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED224367.pdf

Cited by 1 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

1. Using Community Cultural Wealth: An Asset-Based Approach to Persistence of On-Campus Black and Latinx Collegians;Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice;2023-08-13

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3