Early Declaration of a College Major and Its Relationship to College Student Persistence.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Spight, David Brent
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ v LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... xi LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................... xiv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................................... 7 Purpose of the Study .................................................................................................................. 9 Significance of the Study ......................................................................................................... 11 Research Questions .................................................................................................................. 12 Conceptual Framework ............................................................................................................ 13 Definition of Terms .................................................................................................................. 15 Organization of the Study ........................................................................................................ 17 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................................................... 18 Student Persistence in College ................................................................................................. 20 Tinto’s (1975, 1993) Theory of Student Departure............................................................. 21 Braxton, Hirschy, and McClendon’s (2004) Revision of Tinto’s Theory for Residential Colleges and Universities .................................................................................................... 23 Bean’s (1980, 1983) Causal Model/Industrial Model of Student Attrition......................... 27
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