NDLI: Factors that Influence College Completion Intention of Undergraduate Students

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Thomas, Darrin
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Universities are facing challenges in the area of student retention and graduation. A critical question is what schools can do to improve undergraduate students’ intentions to complete college. Dropout intention has been studied, yet the exploration of college completion intention has not been thoroughly examined. Using structural equation modeling, a model was developed to explain college completion intention of undergraduate students. The independent variables were perceived institutional support, academic self-efficacy, institutional commitment, classroom learning environment, and social support. A total of 260 university students participated. The model explains 37 % of the variance in college completion intention. The conclusion reached from the analysis is that the learning environment is a moderately powerful but indirect influence on students’ college completion intention. Furthermore, social support and perceived institutional support contribute to a student’s intention to complete college. Academic self-efficacy plays a smaller yet significant role in student’s college completion intention also. Institutions need to be places that develop positive experiences in the classroom as this is a major catalyst in the student’s intention to complete college.
Starting Page	225
Ending Page	235
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01195646
Journal	The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	22437908
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Publisher Date	2013-07-06
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Classroom environment Undergraduate students Learning & Instruction Sociology of Education Structural equation modeling Educational Policy and Politics College completion intention Education (general) International and Comparative Education Theory of planned behavior
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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