First Advisor

Grant M. Farr

Term of Graduation

Spring 1995

Date of Publication

5-26-1995

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Sociology

Department

Sociology

Language

English

Subjects

Portland State University -- Graduate students, Portland State University. Department of Sociology, College attendance -- Oregon -- Portland, College dropouts -- Oregon -- Portland

DOI

10.15760/etd.5487

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, vi, 124 pages)

Abstract

This research explores the events and circumstances that lead to persistence and departure within the sociology master's program at Portland State University. It examines how individual and institutional characteristics interact and influence student decisions to dropout or continue in the master's program. It utilizes Vincent Tinto's (1993) theories of persistence and departure and his concepts of social and academic integration as they apply to sociology master's students. The purpose of the research was to describe how students became socially and academically integrated and how integration influenced patterns of persistence of departure. The aim also was to determine whether background variables such as undergraduate GPA, cumulative master's GPA, enrollment status, and career and educational goals influenced student outcomes.

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20552

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