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Personal and environmental factors associated with college dropouts among high aptitude students

Personal and environmental factors associated with college dropouts among high aptitude students The tendency to drop out of college before completing the baccalaureate degree was examined in a 4-yr. longitudinal study of 6660 high aptitude students. It was found that students who drop out of college come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, have lower ranks in high school, plan initially to get lower college degrees, and apply for relatively fewer scholarships than do students who do not drop out. Personality measures suggested that dropouts tend to be more aloof, self-centered, impulsive, and assertive than nondropouts. An analysis of the effects of 15 college characteristics was performed, using 38 student input variables as control data. No significant college effects on the male student's tendency to drop out of college were found. The female student's chances of dropping out are increased if she attends a college with a relatively high proportion of men in the student body. (19 ref.) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Educational Psychology American Psychological Association

Personal and environmental factors associated with college dropouts among high aptitude students

Astin, Alexander W.
Journal of Educational Psychology , Volume 55 (4): 9 – Aug 1, 1964
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Publisher
American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1964 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0022-0663
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1939-2176
DOI
10.1037/h0046924
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Abstract

The tendency to drop out of college before completing the baccalaureate degree was examined in a 4-yr. longitudinal study of 6660 high aptitude students. It was found that students who drop out of college come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, have lower ranks in high school, plan initially to get lower college degrees, and apply for relatively fewer scholarships than do students who do not drop out. Personality measures suggested that dropouts tend to be more aloof, self-centered, impulsive, and assertive than nondropouts. An analysis of the effects of 15 college characteristics was performed, using 38 student input variables as control data. No significant college effects on the male student's tendency to drop out of college were found. The female student's chances of dropping out are increased if she attends a college with a relatively high proportion of men in the student body. (19 ref.)

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Journal of Educational Psychology – American Psychological Association

Published: Aug 1, 1964

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