Journal article
The development and validation of an instrument assessing student- institution fit
Assessment and evaluation in higher education, Vol.40(8), pp.1104-1122
11/17/2015
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.970513
Abstract
While past research has focused on how student background characteristics and university experiences predict student retention and achievement, very few studies have examined the role that student-institution fit' might play in this process. In this study, we developed and validated a student-institution fit instrument that assesses the correspondence between student and institutional characteristics. We then examined the extent to which student-institution fit and friendship groups predict indicators of student success (e.g. academic adjustment and disengagement), which in turn predict future intentions. Using independent samples of undergraduate students from two Australian universities, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses provide evidence for a unidimensional model of student-institution fit. Moreover, structural equation modelling analyses indicate that student-institution fit predicts greater academic adjustment and less disengagement, which in turn predict intentions regarding retention, transferring to another university, and changing major or career choice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The development and validation of an instrument assessing student- institution fit
- Creators
- Nida Denson - Western Sydney UniversityNicholas Bowman - Bowling Green State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Assessment and evaluation in higher education, Vol.40(8), pp.1104-1122
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/02602938.2014.970513
- ISSN
- 0260-2938
- eISSN
- 1469-297X
- Number of pages
- 19
- Grant note
- Bowling Green State University (BGSU) University of Western Sydney (UWS)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/17/2015
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283575002771
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