Examining the Effects of Stress and Campus Climate on the Persistence of Students of Color and White Students: An Application of Bean and Eaton's Psychological Model of Retention

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-100

  Johnson, Dawn R ^a   Wasserman, Timothy H ^a   Yildirim, Nilay ^a   Yonai, Barbara A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic environment; Campus environment; Campus racial climate; Persistence; Retention models; Stressors; Students of color

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893789400     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-013-9304-9     Document Type: Article

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