Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Dissertation Chair for Dr. Janetta Gilliam, PhD Program in Educational Leadership, PVAMU, Member of the Texas A&M University System.
Dr. Janetta Gilliam, PhD Dissertation Defense, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, Dissertation Chair
1. The Effects of Student Engagement and Other Factors on The Retention of African American Freshman Students Attending a Public Historically Black College and University in Texas A Dissertation Defense by Janetta C. Gilliam PhD Program in Educational Leadership Prairie View A&M University Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM
2. Dissertation Defense Committee Dr. William A. Kritsonis Dissertation Chair Dr. David Herrington Dr. Lucian Yates, III Dr. Camille Gibson Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM
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10. Research Question 5 Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM Is there a relationship between student engagement and the retention of African American freshman students attending a public HBCU in Texas ?
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13. Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM Null Hypotheses H 03 - There is no statistically significant relationship between student-faculty interaction and retention of African American freshman students attending a public HBCU in Texas.
14. Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM Null Hypotheses H 04 - There is no statistically significant relationship between student’s financial solvency (ability to pay) and retention of African American freshman students attending a public HBCU in Texas.
18. Janetta C. Gilliam March 23, 2009 10:30 AM Hypotheses Dependent Variable Independent Variables Statistical Test Ho 1 Retention Background Characteristics (High school and gender) Correlation Pearson r Ho 2 Retention Academic and Social Integration Correlation Pearson r Ho 3 Retention Student-Faculty Interaction Correlation Pearson r Ho 4 Retention Financial Solvency Correlation Pearson r Ho 5 Retention Student Engagement Correlation Pearson r
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Notes de l'éditeur
Tinto’s Theory is a.early and influential model of student engagement. 2.Focused on students’ decisions to remain or depart from an institution come as a result of a series of interchanges (integration) between the student and members of the college environment. Astin’s Student Involvement Theory stemmed from a longitudinal investigation of factors that contributed to persistence. This theory surmised that factors important to college student development were synonymous to factors important to college student attrition and retention. Input represents student’s personal educational and background characteristics; environment represents the exposure to various experiences which influence change and outcomes represents the characteristics of the student following exposure to the environment
There are 103 institutions classified as HBCUs, represents 3% of all institutions of higher education in the United States , enrolling 15% of all African American students producing about one third of all African American graduates. According to Cuyjet (2005),this high propensity for African American students has societal implications due to the relationship between college degree attainment , occupational and economic attainment.
Retention Issues in Higher Education: (a) Past 100 years institutional graduation rates held at 50%
The 110 African American freshman students response were for the study, however 110 of the total number of respondents African American freshman student population, excluded freshman transfer students.
Descriptive research method permits researchers to describe the information contained in many scores with a few indices, such mean ands median. Survey research falls under the classification of description research. According to Kritsonis, surveys are applications of the scientific method to gather data from a relatively large number of cases in order to describe a particular population”.
NSSE is extensively used by many colleges and universities. With emphases on “student’s experiences and their perceptions of the experiences and environment. The use of self report survey are a common practice Using self- report surveys from students to assess the quality of their undergraduate education is common practice in higher education.
Using self report from students to assess the quality of their undergraduate education is common practice in higher The NSSE reliability coefficient is .85 and the alpha coefficient .84
Descriptive statistics analyses were used to test the variables in (H
Correlational statistical test is used for analyzing the quantitative data and the Pearson r coefficient used to determine the relationship of the variables.
Putting into question smaller HBCUs on the validity of their use for retention studies.
According to Pascarella and Terenzina, Dreams are expensive. Unmet debts and iability to pay reduces an individual’s chance of persistence. A student financial health affects all aspects of educational experience, carefully planned financial aid issues and personal financial matters all affect retention
In order to establish best practices or ways to encourage continuous improvement.
