INSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVITY AND INSTITUTIONAL EXPENDITURES: Examining Organizational Factors that Contribute to Retention and Graduation

By A. Gansemer-Topf, John H. Schuh. 2006

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations

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Tertiary education for the knowledge society (2008, background): “Gansemer-Topf and Schuh (2006), in a study of institutions in the United States, find that institutional expenditures that contributed to students’ academic integration were significant in contributing to retention and graduation rates.”
A comparative analysis of machine learning techniques for student retention management (2010, methodology): “In this study, using five years of institutional data along with several data mining techniques (both individuals as well as ensembles), we developed analytical models to predict and to explain the reasons behind freshmen student attrition.”
If and When Money Matters: The Relationships Among Educational Expenditures, Student Engagement and Students’ Learning Outcomes (2011, background): “Most recently, and in contrast to previous studies, Gansemer-Topf and Schuh (2006) found that persistence at private baccalaureate colleges was positively related to expenditures for academic support, unrelated to expenditures for instruction, and negatively related to expenditures for student ser”
Impacts of performance-based accountability on institutional performance in the U.S. (2010, background): “Higher education studies reported the factors affecting student graduation and/or persistence: college costs (tuition and fees), financial aid, student’s college experience, quality of instruction, student’s academic ability, student’s demographics, and institutional supports (faculty to student rat”
An Examination of Persistence Research Through the Lens of a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework (2009, background): “In general, Gansemer-Topf and Schuh (2006) found that increased expenditures, other than those under the institutional support category, resulted in increased retention of students.”
The Effects of Student Coaching (2014, background): “College Retention Studies College retention has long been the focus of research in education, sociology, and economics, and the relationship between student and institutional characteristics and college graduation rates has been a frequent topic in the academic literature (e.g. Tinto 1975, 1998; Gan”
Quality Matters: Assessing the Impact of Attending More Selective Institutions on College Completion Rates of Minorities (2008, background): “…results from previous studies provide some explanations for the benefits of attending more selective institutions: benefits from higher resources (Gansemer-Topf and Schuh 2006); smaller classes and even easier grading (Bowen and Bok 1998); and peer effects (Newman and Riesman 1980; Zimmerman and…”