Can Tinto's Student Departure Model Be Applied to Nontraditional Students?.

Ashar, Hanna; Skenes, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ455336

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Publication Date: 1993

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Can Tinto's Student Departure Model Be Applied to Nontraditional Students?

Ashar, Hanna; Skenes, Robert

Adult Education Quarterly, v43 n2 p90-100 Win 1993

Attrition rates of 25 adult classes in a college of business were calculated. Data showed that smaller classes that were socially integrated (as in Tinto's model) had better retention rates. Academic and career integration did not have such an effect. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Size, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Social Environment, Social Integration, Student Attrition

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Language: English

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