Institutional Factors Affecting Student Retention

By Linda K. Lau. 2003

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Citations in the corpus

• The Effects of Student–Faculty Interaction on Academic Self-Concept: Does Academic Major Matter? (2014, background): “…improves college students’ grade point average (GPA) (Anaya & Cole 2001; Dika 2012; Kim 2010; Kim & Sax 2009), increases persistence (Hernandez 2000; Lau 2003; Pascarella & Terenzini 1977; Spady 1970, 1971; Tinto 1975), facilitates intellectual/cognitive skill development (Bean 1980; Endo &…”
• Student–Faculty Interaction in Research Universities: Differences by Student Gender, Race, Social Class, and First-Generation Status (2009, background): “Positive and close interactions between undergraduates and their professors precipitate students’ favorable educational experiences as well as their greater academic and personal development (Lau 2003; Pascarella and Terenzini 2005).”
• Predictors of First-Year Student Retention in the Community College (2008, background): ““Student retention has become a challenging problem for the academic community; therefore, effective measures for student retention must be implemented in order to increase the retention of qualified students at institutions of higher learning” (Lau, 2003, p. 1).”
• Analysing Service Quality: The Case of Post-Graduate Chinese Students (2007, background): “More recently, Lau (2003) claims that many American institutions are experiencing a loss in students not returning to campus to complete undergraduate programmes.”
• Perceptions of campus climate, academic efficacy and academic success among community college students: an ethnic comparison (2009, background): “Although the number of ethnic minority students attending university has increased over the past decades, numerous studies suggest that some groups have low rates of academic success (Lau 2003; NCES 2001; Tierney 1999).”