Transfer Student Expectations and Satisfaction [microform] : Predictors for Academic Performance and Persistence. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper / Gretchen Warner Kearney and Terrence J. Kearney
- Bib ID:
- 5575479
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kearney, Gretchen Warner
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED375717
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 36 p.
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Students (n=424) who transferred to a large public urban university in fall 1989 were surveyed at the time of their matriculation and 131 students were surveyed again in March 1993 to discover their perceptions of 12 institutional characteristics. Characteristics included quality of academic programs, variety of courses and programs, faculty teaching ability, faculty availability outside class, class size, availability of financial aid and scholarships, affordability of tuition and fees, convenience of campus location, attractiveness of campus facilities and grounds, social atmosphere, availability of student support services, and fairness of campus rules and regulations. A gap analysis was performed and related to the students' academic performance and persistence. Significant relationships were found between persistence and gap scores, indicating that changes in transfer students' perceptions of the university over time, and particularly of its academic environment, were important predictors for their graduation and persistence. For the vast majority of multiple-transfer respondents, their experience at the university did not measure up to initial expectations. The factor most significantly related to persistence was academic quality. Measures that colleges and universities could take to temper student expectations with a dose of realism and enhance the chances for student satisfaction are noted. (Contains 50 references.) (JDD)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (19th, Tucson, AZ, November 10-13, 1994).
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Kearney, Terrence J, author
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