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Peer reviewedBean, John P. – American Educational Research Journal, 1985
A conceptual model of the factors affecting dropout syndrome was develop emphasizing academic, social, and personal outcomes of the selection or socialization of students at a university. The model was estimated using path analysis, and the intervening variables were found to be important predictors of dropout syndrome. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Models
Download full textBean, John P. – 1981
A causal model to explain student attrition was tested at a major midwestern land-grant university with a sample of 1,513 full-time, unmarried freshmen who were 21 years old or younger. The causal model was reduced from 23 to 10 variables: an intent variable, three attitudinal variables, and two each of organizational, personal, and environmental…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Environment, College Freshmen, Decision Making
Bean, John P. – 1981
A model of student attrition was synthesized from psychological, sociological, and educational sources, and contains six sets of variables: background, organizational, personal, environmental, attitudinal, and intent to leave. The model was tested with 1,909 full-time and unmarried university freshmen at a major midwestern university. The sample…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Environment, College Freshmen, Decision Making
