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The Influences of Community College Library Characteristics on Institutional Graduation Rates: A National Study

English, Lindsay S

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
Given the national and growing attention on community college learning outcomes, this study examines the influences of libraries’ or learning commons’ characteristics on institutional graduation rates. The theoretical and conceptual frameworks used to support this study are Astin’s Theory of Involvement and his I-E-O Model respectfully; however, based on the results future researchers should consider exploring expenditure models. The data set used was created by using 5 different national sources including 4 IPEDs surveys and the Library Statistics Program, also conducted by the National Center of Educational Statistics. The significant predictors of institutional graduation rates were then used to create a blocked regression model to determine influence. The results indicated that three of the original 41 independent variables did have a significant predictive power over institutional graduation rates. The three variables included the percentage of students under the age of 25, total expenditures for other information resources (including fees for database searches such as DIALOG and Nexis-Lexis), and total expenditures for current serials (ongoing subscription commitments such as periodicals, newspapers, etc.).
David Meabon (Committee Chair)
Ronald Opp (Committee Member)
Renay Scott (Committee Member)
Barbara Floyd (Committee Member)
92 p.

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  • English, L. S. (2014). The Influences of Community College Library Characteristics on Institutional Graduation Rates: A National Study [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1416330653

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • English, Lindsay. The Influences of Community College Library Characteristics on Institutional Graduation Rates: A National Study. 2014. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1416330653.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • English, Lindsay. "The Influences of Community College Library Characteristics on Institutional Graduation Rates: A National Study." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1416330653

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)