Predictors of Student Commitment at Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions

By Linda C. Strauss, J. Volkwein. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations

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Student–faculty Interactions: Dynamics and Determinants (2006, background): “Strauss and Volkwein (2004) found that higher satisfaction with faculty interaction was associated with greater commitment to the institution.”
ERIC Review: Attrition Research at Community Colleges (2003, background): “Similarly, Strauss and Volkwein (2001) found that a student's amount of reported institutional commitment was associated with a student's decision to reenroll at the same institution.”
The Contribution of Student Satisfaction to Persistence (2013, background): “Higher satisfaction scores correlate with increased institutional commitment (Strauss & Volkwein, 2004) and higher academic achievement (Pike, 1993).”
Differential predictors of persistence between community college adult and traditional-aged students (2008, background): “Institutionally, high attrition rates often impact an institution's ability to plan and budget, affecting the institution's economic stability (Strauss & Volkwein, 2004 ; Wild & Ebbers, 2002 ).”
A Mixed Method Study Testing Data-Model Fit of a Retention Model for Latino/a Students at Urban Universities (2006, background): “Other research has found that the campus environment was a stronger influence on institutional commitment than student entry characteristics ( Strauss & Volkwein, 2004 ).”
Reassessing Tinto's Concepts of Social and Academic Integration in Student Retention (2013, background): “Also, Strauss and Volkwein (2004) found 2-year students are engaged in the classroom, while 4-year students are more likely to form institutional commitments through social activities.”
Sense of Belonging as a Predictor of Intentions to Persist Among African American and White First-Year College Students (2007, background): “Previous studies of persistence have conflated sense of belonging with other constructs such as institutional fit or commitment (Bean, 1985; Cabrera et al., 1992, 1993; Nora and Cabrera, 1996; Strauss and Volkwein, 2004).”
Academic Advising and First-Generation College Students: A Quantitative Study on Student Retention (2013, background): “In previous studies, social and academic integration has played a significant role in influencing a student’s desire to stay at an institution (Astin, 1984; Bean & Eaton, 2000; Strauss & Volkwein, 2004).”
Integration Factors Related to the Academic Success and Intent to Persist of College Students with Learning Disabilities (2009, background): “…above and beyond high school percentile rank, SAT scores, and other background characteristics, such as parental level of education, inﬂuences intent to reenroll and persistence (Braxton, Milem, & Sullivan, 2000; Milem & Berger, 1997; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1980, 1983; Strauss & Volkwein, 2004).”