Understanding the Organizational Nature of Student Persistence: Empirically-Based Recommendations for Practice

By Joseph B. Berger. 2001

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations

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In Education

1. R. Reason
2. R. Ackerman
3. R. Domingo
4. John Schibrowsky
5. P. Terenzini
6. B. Rhee
7. T. Müller
8. L. Leach

In Political Science and International Relations

1. R. Ackerman
2. R. Domingo
3. John Schibrowsky
4. P. Terenzini
5. B. Rhee
6. R. Reason
7. T. Müller
8. L. Oseguera

Citations in the corpus

• An Examination of Persistence Research Through the Lens of a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework (2009, background): “Organizations functioning in a systemic manner also can positively influence student persistence, as institutional forces align to support students’ success (Berger, 2001- 2002).”
• The Influence of Institutional Retention Climates on Student Persistence to Degree Completion: A Multilevel Approach (2009, background): “and faculty normative environments are involved in students’ departure decisions ( Berger 2000, 2001 –2002; Titus 2006a, b).”
• Persistence of Women in Online Degree-Completion Programs (2008, background): “Building on Tinto’s work, researchers have focused on other aspects of the college departure problem such as institutional characteristics, environmental influences, and motivation (Barefoot, 2004; Berger, 2001-2002; Kemp, 2002).”
• Being learner centred: one way to improve student retention? (2006, background): “These fall into two broad groups—those who wish to revise and improve Tinto’s theories (Cabrera et al , 1992 ; Braxton & Hirschy, 2004 ) and those who propose new theoretical directions (Berger, 2001 –2002; Kuh & Love, 2000 ; Rendon et al , 2000 ; Tierney, 2000 ).”
• First Things First: Developing Academic Competence in the First Year of College* (2006, background): “Studies of institutional-level effects on student outcomes indicate that personal and organizational environments and cultures are more influential forces than structural characteristics such as size, control, mission, and selectivity (see, for example, Berger, 2000, 2001 –2002, 2002; Berger and Mi”
• A Business Marketing Strategy Applied to Student Retention: A Higher Education Initiative (2007, background): “Berger (2001-2002) is among those who sought to move the discussion of retention models toward a broadly based, systematic, organizational culture “web of interlocking initiatives” (Kuh, 2001-2002, p. 31). Student persistence must be a campus-wide, cooperative effort (Braxton et al., 2004). Building”