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Some Models of Student Persistence/ Student Attrition/ Student Retention
in Higher EducationMatthias Drochner, 2014
Contents
Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Tinto’s 1975 Interactionalist Model of Student Persistence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bean’s 1985 Student Attrition Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cabrera’s 1993 Integrated Model of Student Retention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Braxton’s 2004 Revision of Tinto’s Model for Residential Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Braxton’s 2004 Revision of Tinto’s Model for Non-Residential Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rovai’s 2003 Composite Persistence Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lehman & Conceição’s 2013 Persistence Model for Online Student Retention. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TerminologyStudent persistence and student attrition both focus on the student’s actions. Student retention focuses on the institution’s actions. Student persistence is the opposite of student attrition.
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Tinto’s 1975 Interactionalist Model of Student Persistence
Focus of model = student persistence/ attritionEducational structure = traditional students, mainly residentialEducational level = higher educationDate = 1975
Refinements = 1987 and 1993 in later publications, where Tinto adds financial resources, therole of communities outside the institution (family, work, community).
According to Braxton, Tinto’s theory has little or no empirical support for non-residentialprograms.
Tinto, Vincent. (1975, Winter). Dropout from higher education: A theoretical synthesis of recentresearch. Review of Educational Research, 45(1), 89-125. doi:10.3102/00346543045001089
Diagram taken from p. 8 of:
Braxton, John M., Hirschy, Amy S., & McClendon, Shederick A. (2004). Understandingand reducing college student departure. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 30,No. 3. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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Bean’s 1985 Student Attrition Model
Focus of model = student persistence/ attritionEducational structure = non-residential, or students older than 24, or part-time studentsEducational level = higher educationDate = 1985
Bean, John P., & Metzner, Barbara S. (1985, Winter). A conceptual model of nontraditionalundergraduate student attrition. Review of Educational Research, 55(4), 485-540. doi:10.3102/00346543055004485
Diagram taken from p. 6 of: Rovai, Alfred P. (2003). In search of higher persistence rates
in distance education online programs. Internet and Higher Education, 6, 1-16. doi:10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00158-6. Retrieved from http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1150160110784_1923299501_2758/rovai%202003%20persistenace%20in%20de%20and%20online%20ed-%20theory.pdf
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Cabrera’s 1993 Integrated Model of Student Retention
Focus of model = student persistence/ attrition (misnamed “Model of Student Retention”) Educational structure = traditional students, residentialEducational level = higher educationDate = 1993
Cabrera, Alberto F., Nora, Amaury, & Castañeda, Maria B. (1993, Mar.-Apr.). College persis-tence: Structural equations modeling test of an integrated model of student retention. Journalof Higher Education, 64(2), 123-139. doi:10.2307/2960026. Retrieved from www.jstor.org
• Integrates Tinto’s model and Bean’s model. • Factors: GPAInstitutional Commitment
Encouragement from Friends and FamilyGoal CommitmentAcademic IntegrationFinance AttitudesSocial Integration
Intent to Persist
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Braxton’s 2004 Revision of Tinto’s Model for Residential Educa-tion
Focus of model = student persistence/ attritionEducational structure = traditional students, mainly residentialEducational level = higher education
Date = 2004
Braxton, John M., Hirschy, Amy S., & McClendon, Shederick A. (2004). Understanding andreducing college student departure. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 30, No. 3. SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• They do not cite Rovai (2003). • Braxton’s model is empirically tested in the following work: Braxton, John M., Doyle, William R., Hartley, Harold V. III, Hirschy, Amy S., Jones, Willis A., &McLendon, Michael K. (2013). Rethinking college student retention. San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass. http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/03/04709077/0470907703-13.pdf?elq_mid=635&elq_cid=40171&elq=bfc3394f47f74f7bbbd1569e0b8fe293&elqCampaignId=349
IC-1 = Initial Institutional Commitment | IC-2 = Subsequent Institutional Commitment
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Braxton’s 2004 Revision of Tinto’s Model for Non-ResidentialEducation
Focus of model = student persistence/ attritionEducational structure = non-residential studentsEducational level = higher education
Date = 2004
Braxton, John M., Hirschy, Amy S., & McClendon, Shederick A. (2004). Understanding andreducing college student departure. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 30, No. 3. SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• They do not cite Rovai (2003). • Braxton’s model is empirically tested in the following work: Braxton, John M., Doyle, William R., Hartley, Harold V. III, Hirschy, Amy S., Jones, Willis A., &McLendon, Michael K. (2013). Rethinking college student retention. San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass. http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/03/04709077/0470907703-13.pdf?elq_mid=635&elq_cid=40171&elq=bfc3394f47f74f7bbbd1569e0b8fe293&elqCampaignId=349
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Rovai’s 2003 Composite Persistence Model
Focus of model = student persistence/ attritionEducational structure = online educationEducational level = higher educationDate = 2003
• Rovai is a synthesized the models of Tinto and of Bean & Metzner, and added other factors(student needs; pedagogy) found in the literature. However, he does not integrate the modelof Braxton and associates, nor does he cite him. • It is a theoretical model that awaits empirical testing.
Rovai, Alfred P. (2003). In search of higher persistence rates in distance education onlineprograms. Internet and Higher Education, 6, 1-16. doi:10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00158-6. Retrieved from http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1150160110784_1923299501_2758/rovai%202003%20per
sistenace%20in%20de%20and%20online%20ed-%20theory.pdf
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Lehman & Conceição’s 2013 Persistence Model for Online Stu-dent Retention
Focus of model = Student retentionEducational structure = Online educationEducational level = Higher education
Date = 2013
Lehman, Rosemary M., & Conceição, Simone C. O. (2013). Motivating and retaining onlinestudents: Research-based strategies that work. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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