Retention and Student Success

Question 1

Retention & Student Success - Tinto’s Theory of Student Departure: 3 Major Sources of Student Departure

Answer 1

1. academic difficulties,
2. the inability of individuals to resolve their educational and occupational goals,
3. their failure to become or remain incorporated in the intellectual and social life of the institution.

Question 2

Retention & Student Success - Tinto’s Theory of Student Departure: Students need integration into…

Answer 2

• formal (academic performance) and informal (faculty/staff interactions) academic systems
• formal (extracurricular activities) and informal (peer-group interactions) social systems.

Question 3

Retention & Student Success - Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement Background

Answer 3

The theory explains how desirable outcomes for institutions of higher education are viewed in relation to how students change and develop in result to being involved co-curricularly.

Question 4

Retention & Student Success - Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement 3 Elements

Answer 4

1. Student input- demographics, background, and previous experiences
2. Environment- student’s experience while at college
3. Outcomes- student’s characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and values that exist after graduating from college

Question 5

Retention & Student Success - Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement 5 Basic Assumptions

Answer 5

• involvement requires an investment of psychosocial and physical energy
• involvement is continuous, and that the amount of energy invested varies from student to student.
• aspects of involvement may be qualitative and quantitative
• what a student gains from being involved (or their development) is directly proportional to the extent to which were involved (in both aspects of quality and quantity)
• Lastly, academic performance is correlated with student involvement. This theory has many applications in the world of higher education and is one of the strongest pieces of evidence for co-curricular student involvement.

Question 6

Retention & Student Success - Yosso’s Cultural Wealth Types

Answer 6

• Aspirational: Hopes and dreams students have
• Linguistic: Language and communication skills students bring with them to college
• Familial: Social and human capital students acquire before coming to college
• Social: Peers and social contact, relationships used by the student to access college, resources and react to social situations/institutions
• Navigational: Skills used to navigate through social institutions
• Resistance: Experiences of people of color in obtaining equal rights and collective free