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Organizational Socialization of New Professionals in Student Affairs: A Model for Improving Early Career Outcomes and Combating Attrition
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Zach E. Mills – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to test a model for conceptualizing the socialization experiences of new professionals in student affairs, particularly in light of the high attrition rates commonly documented in the literature. Whereas past research has examined individuals as the locus of socialization, this study analyzed organizations as the…
Descriptors: Orientation, Entry Workers, Student Personnel Workers, Socialization
Student Success: A Qualitative Study Exploring a Guided Pathways Approach at a Four-Year Public Institution through Living Learning Communities
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Black, Spencer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological research study was to discover how to improve student attrition rates of today's students attending four-year, large, public institutions by examining the Guided Pathways approach through Living Learning Communities upon academic major persistence. This research study was designed to find answers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Attrition, Attrition (Research Studies), Undergraduate Students
Mentoring in Student Affairs: An Interpretive Study of Experiences and Relationships
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Williams, Amanda Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
New professionals in student affairs enter the field motivated and ready to start their new careers (Olyha, 2004), though 50-60% of new professionals end up leaving the field before they complete their fifth year of employment (Renn & Hodges, 2007). Mentoring is a suggested strategy to help with retaining professionals in the workplace…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Mentors, Novices, Entry Workers
Factors That Influence Attrition of New Professionals in Student Affairs
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Buchanan, Jenine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation was to identify factors that contribute to the attrition of new professionals in the field of student affairs. Student affairs professionals report low levels of commitment to the field and depart from the field at rates ranging from 32% to 61% (Holmes, Verrier, & Chrisholm, 1983; Rosen et al., 1980; Rosser…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Attrition (Research Studies), Salaries, Labor Turnover
College Student Persistence in the Two-Year Setting: Identifying Risk Early to Guide Early Integration
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Keys, Margo A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
College student persistence is examined. The unique nature of the students and environment of the two-year college setting warrant concentrated research effort. The purpose of the study is to examine student variables associated with persistence and program completion to develop a pre-entrance risk assessment in the two-year college setting.…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Risk Assessment, At Risk Students
Factors of Attrition in Cohort Doctoral Education: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
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Garcia, Linda Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Attrition rates, completion rates, and time to degree are the key areas researchers have sought to examine influencing factors and patterns of behavior that describe the departure process of students in doctoral study. Through the lens of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), the purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Academic Persistence, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs