PERSISTENCE OF BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS (DROPOUTS, TRANSFER).
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: This study investigates relationships among selected institutional variables and persistence patterns for students whose major course of study was "Nursing in Baccalaureate programs". The study describes and compares (1) persisters to dropouts, and (2) persisters who attended only one institution to persisters who attended more than one institution on the basis of three major institution variables; institution size, geographic location, and source of funding.

The data for the study were drawn from the National Longitudinal Study for the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72). The Chi Square test was chosen as the statistical method of choice. Analysis of the variables was based on 265 valid cases and 332 named institutions. Chi Square tests were performed to determine the enrollment status, institutional mobility, and persistence patterns of each respondent.

The findings of the study were reported in two phases; (1) persisters versus dropouts, and (2) persisters from one institution versus persisters from more than one institution. The Chi Square tests for institution size and geographic region were not statistically significant in differentiating persisters from dropouts. The source of funding variable was significant through 1974 with private institutions having fewer dropouts than public institutions.

The analyses of persister groups found that institution size showed statistical significance. Persisters who attended more than one institution were found more frequently in institutions with less than 10,000 students. The Chi Square tests for geographic region and source of funding were not significant.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, Section: A, page: 0903.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1984.

School code: 0178.