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Title: The Influence of Financial, Institutional, and Demographic Factors on the Graduation Rate of Senior Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship and predictability of selected financial, institutional, and demographic factors on the graduation rate of senior college students at selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the South. Specifically, this study was concerned with the predictive power of the variables financial aid, student loans, scholarships, housing, attendance status, generational statistics, gender, ethnicity and age on the graduation rate of (HBCUs) college students. The population for this study consisted of senior college students who were graduating at the target institutions of higher learning during the 2015-2016 academic school years. There were three institutions of higher learning selected to participate in the study. Ten percent of the graduating senior students were selected from each institution. This empirical study employed two parametric statistical techniques to test three hypotheses. They were the multiple correlations and standard multiple regression procedures. Analysis of data revealed that all three hypotheses were found to be significant at the .001 level of the three demographic factors (gender, age, and ethnicity), ethnicity was found to be negatively related to the graduation rate of senior college students. Furthermore, the variable “receiving a loan” was found to be the only financial factor correlated with the graduation rate of senior college students. Receiving a loan was found to be positively related to graduation rate. Finally, two of the three institutional factors were found to be related to the graduation rate of senior college students. The variables “teacher-student ratio” and “generational status” were found to be positively related to graduation rate. This study concludes that demographic factors such as gender, age and ethnicity should be included in a regression model employed to predict the graduation rate among senior college students. Any attempt to predict the graduation rate of senior HBCUs college students should take into account financial factors such as receiving financial aid, receiving a student loan, and receiving a scholarship. In addition, student-faculty ratio was the strongest predictor of the graduation rate among senior HBCU college students. Furthermore, the institutional factors of housing and generational status were good predictors of the graduation rate of senior HBCU college students.
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Authors: Pegues, Antonius, D
Institution: Texas Southern University
Department: Education
Advisor: Danita Bailey
Degree: Doctor of Education
Publisher Location: Houston, TX
Pages: 89
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Race and Ethnicity
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