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Research in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 647-658

  Astin, Alexander W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031521229     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024903702810     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Astin, A. W. (1993a). College retention rates are often misleading. The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, p. A48.
2. Astin, A. W. (1993b). What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
3. Astin, A. W. (1975). Preventing Students from Dropping Out. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
4. Astin, A. W. College Dropouts: A National Profile. ACE Research Reports, vol. 7, no. 1. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
5. Avalos, J. (1996). The effects of time-to-degree completion, stopping out, transferring, and reasons for leaving college on students' long-term retention, educational aspirations, occupational prestige, and income. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
6. Dey, E. L., and Astin, A. W. (1989). Predicting College Student Retention: Comparative Data from the 1982 Freshman Class. Los Angeles: UCLA Higher Education Institute.
7. Dey, E. L., and Astin, A. W. (1993). Statistical alternatives for studying college student retention: A comparative analysis of logit, probit, and linear regression. Research in Higher Education 34(5): 569-581.