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Assessing the Factors that Affect the Persistence and Graduation Rates of Native American Students in Postsecondary Education

White, Paul M, III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182544100

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Higher Education Administration.
This study sought to answer two primary research questions: (a) Are there statistically significant differences between the persistence to graduation rates of Native American college students who attend tribal colleges and Native American college students who attend mainstream institutions of higher education in America; and (b) What are the factors that affect the persistence to graduation rates of Native American college students? Results of institutional-level data analysis using data obtained through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) showed statistically significant differences in enrollment, persistence, and graduation and degree receipt based on institutional characteristics. Further analysis using student-level data obtained through license to use restricted access data sets from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study 1995-96 and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 1996-2001 confirmed findings from IPEDS analysis, but advanced analysis was not fully completed because the number of cases was insufficient to maintain stability in testing. One major finding of this study was that the broad claims of tribal college success are not entirely supported within the data that were examined.
William Knight (Advisor)
207 p.
Education, Higher
Native American college students; Native American persistence; College student peristence; American Indian; Alaska Native; IPEDS; NPSAS; BPS

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  • White, III, P. M. (2007). Assessing the Factors that Affect the Persistence and Graduation Rates of Native American Students in Postsecondary Education [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182544100

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • White, III, Paul. Assessing the Factors that Affect the Persistence and Graduation Rates of Native American Students in Postsecondary Education. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182544100.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • White, III, Paul. "Assessing the Factors that Affect the Persistence and Graduation Rates of Native American Students in Postsecondary Education." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182544100

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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