A Temporal Investigation of Factors Related to Timely Degree Completion

By Stephen L. Desjardins, D. Ahlburg, Brian P. McCall. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education

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The Effect of Loans on Students' Degree Attainment: Differences by Student and Institutional Characteristics. (2007, background): “Previous studies of dropouts have consistently shown that demographic factors and family background are the most important variables determining students’ tendency to drop out of school (Astin & Oseguera, 2002; DesJardins et al., 2002).”
Gym Bags and Mortarboards: Is Use of Campus Recreation Facilities Related to Student Success? (2009, unknown): “In addition to social and academic integration, which develop after enrollment, preexisting factors have also been shown to influence student success (Adelman, 1999, 2006; Bean, 1980, 1983; DesJardins, Ahlburg, & McCall, 2002 ; DesJardins, Kim, & Rzonca, 2002‐2003; DesJardins, McCall, Ahlburg, & Mo”
What Higher Education Has to Say about the Transition to College (2007, methodology): “Another recent improvement to the literature is the appearance of studies using event history analysis (e.g., DesJardins et al., 2002; DesJardins, McCall, Ahlburg, & Moye, 2002; Ishitani & DesJardins, 2002), which reflect the conceptualization of the transition to college as a longitudinal process.”
Does Mathematics Remediation Work?: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Attainment among Community College Students (2008, background): “DesJardins et al. (2002) offer a persuasive argument for using offered financial aid as an indicator of SES, but these data were not available. entering students, and the goal orientation of each college.”
Key issues in the persistence of underrepresented minority students (2006, background): “There is a gap between ethnic minority students and ethnic majority students in the attainment of higher education degrees (Allen, 1992; DesJardins, Ahlburg, and McCall, 2002; Hatch and Mommsen, 1984; Mehan, Hubbard, and Villanueva, 1994; Myers, 2003; Pathways to College Network, 2003).”
The Academic Impact of Financial Stress on College Students (2008, background): “Policy makers tend to tie university funding to graduation rates (Desjardins, Ahlburg, & McCall, 2002), and any information that can document why certain groups of students do not graduate or delay graduation may be useful in helping policy makers develop better funding decisions.”
Understanding High School Students’ Willingness to Borrow to Pay College Prices (2008, background): “Although research has examined the consequences of borrowing for such aspects of students’ postsecondary experiences as choice of college to attend (Kim 2004), persistence and degree completion (DesJardins et al. 2002; Dowd and Coury 2006; Kim 2007; St. John 2003), and graduate school enrollment (Ch”
Studying Attrition and Degree Completion Behavior among First-Generation College Students in the United States (2006, background): “For instance, DesJardins et al. (2002) incorporated the nature of inconsistent aid amounts over time into their model and examined the period-specific effects of aid variables.”