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The Importance of Student-institution Fit for First-year College Satisfaction, Persistence, and Sense of Belonging : = A Quantitative Correlational Study.

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Title/Author:	The Importance of Student-institution Fit for First-year College Satisfaction, Persistence, and Sense of Belonging :/
Reminder of title:	A Quantitative Correlational Study.
Author:	Plummer, Lisa Marie.
Description:	1 online resource (175 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-09A(E).
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355924220

The Importance of Student-institution Fit for First-year College Satisfaction, Persistence, and Sense of Belonging : = A Quantitative Correlational Study.
Plummer, Lisa Marie.

The Importance of Student-institution Fit for First-year College Satisfaction, Persistence, and Sense of Belonging :A Quantitative Correlational Study. - 1 online resource (175 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northcentral University, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

Factors that influence students' decisions to attend a particular college are often personal, but also encompass advisement received from others, reputation of the institution, financial considerations, recruitment practices, and other influences. These factors shape perceptions of student-institution fit, grounded in the theory of person-environment fit, indicative of a match between the students and the college they choose to attend. Empirical links exists between positive student-institution fit and future outcomes such as persistence, satisfaction, social isolation, well-being, sense of belonging, and degree completion. Disparity between students' expectations of their chosen college and experiences after enrollment can significantly affect such outcomes. The problem addressed in this quantitative correlational study is that many first-year college students are not considering the importance of student-institution fit during the college selection process, therefore experiencing lower overall satisfaction, decreased sense of belonging to the institution, less contentment with college choice, and lower likelihood of returning after the first year. The study population was 4,989 first-year undergraduate students enrolled in four-year, private institutions who participated in the 2013 CIRP Freshman Survey at the beginning of the first year and 2014 Your First College Year survey at the end of the first year. Participant responses to 23 initial factors of student-institution fit and results of a Freidman's ANOVA revealed statistically significant differences in the extent of influence certain student-institution fit factors had on college selection. Results of factor analyses, bivariate correlations, and multiple linear regression revealed that distinct combinations of student-institution fit factors were statistically significant predictors of overall student satisfaction, sense of belonging, contentment with college choice, and intent to return to the institution. Regression results were used to develop four regression equations to predict study-related outcomes. Recommendations for future research expand this study to other institutional sectors or levels of institutional selectivity, comparisons based on student characteristics, and extension of outcomes through the senior year. Recommendations for practice are the importance of understanding the unique nature of the college choice process, sounder investment in student recruitment strategies and targeted marketing efforts based on the results of this study, and replication of the study at the institutional level.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355924220Subjects--Topical Terms:

1148448
Higher education.
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