Factors Influencing Retention of Students for Independent School Re-Enrollment

Autor/inn/en	Thurston, Paul; Salmon, Jessica
Titel	Factors Influencing Retention of Students for Independent School Re-Enrollment
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Christian Education, 31 (2022) 1, S.47-69 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thurston, Paul) ORCID (Salmon, Jessica)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-6219
DOI	10.1080/10656219.2022.2032891
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Enrollment; Parent Attitudes; School Choice; Guidelines; Decision Making; Catholic Schools; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Values; Sense of Community; Friendship; Prediction; Educational Quality; Tuition; Extracurricular Activities; Rating Scales; Construct Validity; Reliability; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Einschulung; Elternverhalten; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Richtlinien; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Katholische Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Wertbegriff; Freundschaft; Vorhersage; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Rating-Skala; Reliabilität
Abstract	Independent school leaders are continually faced with the challenges of declining enrollment and expanding public options and currently lack a mechanism to understand what influences parents' reenrollment choices. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a theoretical framework for reenrollment decisions in secular and Catholic independent schools. Participants included parents of children currently enrolled in one of six independent elementary/middle schools in the greater metropolitan region of Upstate New York. Results confirmed that affordability, espoused values, individual attention, sense of community, development/growth, and continuity/friendships predicted parents' reenrollment intentions. Our research underscored the importance of understanding parents' motives and demonstrated the efficacy of a valid measure for independent schools to assess and act on parents' perceptions and intentions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01