A Multilevel Approach to Assessing the Interaction Effects on College Student Retention

Autor/inn/en	Bai, Haiyan; Pan, Wei
Titel	A Multilevel Approach to Assessing the Interaction Effects on College Student Retention
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 11 (2010) 2, S.287-301 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Social Integration; Interaction; School Holding Power; Student Characteristics; Academic Persistence; College Students; Program Effectiveness; Trend Analysis; Social Influences; Gender Differences; College Freshmen; Age Differences; Academic Advising; School Orientation; At Risk Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Integration; Interaktion; Collegestudent; Trendanalyse; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienanfänger; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Akademischer Rat
Abstract	The present study utilizes a multilevel approach to assess the effects of four different types of intervention on college student retention, focusing on the interaction effects between the student characteristics and the types of intervention. The program effects on a 3-year trend are also explored. The findings of the present study reveal that the social integration programs improved the first-year retention rates for female students, the advising programs and the social integration programs worked better in the first year for students from more selective colleges within the university, and the first-year experience programs had a significant lasting effect across the 3 years on retention for elder students and male students. It is also found that the advising programs were significantly more effective on the first-year retention rates than the general orientation programs. This study provides empirical evidence for researchers and administrators in higher education to improve the effectiveness of intervention programs for students with specific characteristics. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10