Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ588113
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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Predicting the Retention of University Students.
Murtaugh, Paul A.; Burns, Leslie D.; Schuster, Jill
Research in Higher Education, v40 n3 p355-71 Jun 1999
Survival analysis was used to model retention of 8,867 undergraduate students at Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996. Attrition increased with age and nonresident status; it decreased with higher high-school and first-quarter grades, and attendance in a freshman orientation course. Retention was also associated with race/ethnicity and college at first enrollment. A proportional hazards regression model predicting retention was developed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Case Studies, College Freshmen, College Students, Enrollment Influences, First Year Seminars, Foreign Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, In State Students, Out of State Students, Predictor Variables, Race, Research Methodology, School Holding Power, State Universities, Statistical Analysis, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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