Application of a Conceptual Model of College Withdrawal to Disadvantaged Students.

Fox, Richard N.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Application of a Conceptual Model of College Withdrawal to Disadvantaged Students.

Fox, Richard N.

American Educational Research Journal, v23 n3 p415-24 Fall 1986

The retention and attrition after the freshman year among economically and academically disadvantaged students admitted through a special program to an urban, primarily non-residential university is investigated. This paper tests the predictive validity of major constructs in Tinto's explanatory model of college student withdrawal. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Commuting Students, Dropout Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Models, Predictive Validity, Student Adjustment, Student Attrition, Student College Relationship, Urban Universities, Withdrawal (Education)

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