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College attrition and the financial support systems of students

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Five groups of undergraduate students, dropouts (academic dismissals), low (GPA) stopouts, high (GPA) stopouts, low (GPA) persisters, and high (GPA) persisters were compared in terms of their responses to a checklist of financial sources of support. Clear sex differences were observed in the reliance on financial sources, either singly or in terms of total sources utilized. Differences related to year in school were also observed. The most significant finding related to attrition was that persisters relied on more sources of support than did withdrawers. This outcome was interpreted in terms of differences between persisters and withdrawers in motivational and personality characteristics that promote the seeking and securing of sources of support.

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  1. Counseling Service, Division of Student Affairs, Arizona State University, USA

    Stanley I. Iwai & William D. Churchill

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Iwai, S.I., Churchill, W.D. College attrition and the financial support systems of students. Res High Educ 17, 105–113 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973712

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