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Factors Affecting Persistence Rates among Arizona State University Freshmen and Implications for Policymaking

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Sabharwal, Meghna
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	This paper analyzes the factors that affect freshmen persistence rates at Arizona State University (ASU). Persistence can be defined as the number of students who continue into the second year of their undergraduate degree. Data for this study was collected from the 2001 First Year Student Survey (FYSS). Several indicators were used to measure the ways a student can be integrated into the system in order to increase the persistence rates. The indicators included: the number of stimulating and challenging courses taken by a student, overall undergraduate experience, interaction of students with peers/faculty members inside and outside of the classroom, likelihood to graduate from ASU, availability of financial aid/scholarships, and housing arrangements. The results suggest that students who are academically and socially better integrated into the university system tend to have greater long-term educational commitments than students who are less integrated into the system. The study also indicates that non-white and non-residential students were less likely to continue at the university into their sophomore year. Students who spent greater time working for pay off-campus were less likely to integrate into the system, thus leading to decreased persistence rates among them. This study has several policy implications for university administrators and policy makers who are trying to serve the needs of first-year students. The persistence literature can serve as a guide to help an educational institution design services and programs that can lead to improved persistence among freshmen. Since persistence tends to lead to graduation, these rates also serve as early indicators of future graduation.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.asu.edu/mpa/Sabharwal_Persistence.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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