CLASSROOMS AS COMMUNITIES - EXPLORING THE EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER OF STUDENT PERSISTENCE

Authors
TINTO V
Citation
V. Tinto, CLASSROOMS AS COMMUNITIES - EXPLORING THE EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER OF STUDENT PERSISTENCE, The Journal of higher education, 68(6), 1997, pp. 599
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
68
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1997)68:6<599:CAC-ET>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Data from a study of a learning community program in an urban communit y college are used to explore the educational character of student per sistence. Analyses reveal that classroom activities influence student persistence by changing the way students and faculty interact within a nd beyond the classroom setting. Implications for current theories of persistence are discussed and a modified theory proposed.