Financial Aid and Student Persistence: An Application of Causal Modeling.

Moline, Arlett E.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Financial Aid and Student Persistence: An Application of Causal Modeling.

Moline, Arlett E.

Research in Higher Education, v26 n2 p130-47 1987

Path analysis was used to explore the relationships among a number of variables related to student persistence. The subjects were freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Variables that showed the largest total effects on persistence were college grade-point average and high school rank. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Students, Data Analysis, Dropout Research, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Liberal Arts, Models, Path Analysis, Predictor Variables, School Holding Power, Student Financial Aid

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Language: English

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