____ and Eaton’s model focuses on students’ preexisting attitudes about their institution.
Who is Bean.
100
According to Tinto, students enter college with personal characteristics, aspirations and intentions and _________?
What is goals
100
is a organizational phenomenon
What is retention
100
What is UMKC's official mascot?
What is Kasey the Kangaroo
100
This UMKC leader has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee University, and a masters degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Who is Chancellor Leo Morton?
200
A student’s ____________________________ is the best predictor of behavior.
What is intention to behave in a certain manner.
200
What type of integration includes interaction with peers and joining student organizations
What is social integration
200
is a individual phenomenon
What is Persistence
200
What was the first official name of the university?
What is University of Kansas City
200
This program was designed by UMKC Athletics to increase student attendance and participation at all official university sporting events.
What is RooWards
300
_______________leads to a sense of fit and commitment which directly influences the student’s intent to persist.
What is Integration.
300
Researchers have expressed both empirical and _________ concerns about Tinto’s Model of student departure.
What is theoretical
300
vast majority of higher education research assumes that ________ ___ ________ is a positive outcome of college attendance.
What is persistence-to-graduation
300
69%
What is UMKC's first year retention rate
300
This entity was organized officially as a separate academic division in 1954 and was the result of the University of Kansas City's involvement in professional education since 1940.
What is the School of Education?
400
Astin’s I-E-O model which is considered __________ a device or a conceptual framework.
What is Heuristic.
400
The author who critiques Tinto’s model throughout the chapter.
Who is Braxton
400
legislators and policymakers use this as their definition of success as legislatures hold institutions of higher education accountable for student success
What is retention to graduation
400
What was the first building built on campus?
What is Mannheim Hall
400
UMKC's online student org database
What is Roo Groups?
500
_____________ characteristics such as policies, practices and faculty culture are better measures in relation to student learning and development, than Institutional characteristic.
What is Organizational.
500
Pre-Entry attributes in Tinto’s model include skills and abilities, prior schooling and __________?
What is family background
500
students may successfully _______ to their goals without being _________ to graduation
What is persist to their goals without being retained
500
When did the university become part of the University of Missouri school system?
What is 1963
500
This famous, expert has done extensive research on higher education, particularly on student success and the impact of learning communities on student growth and attainment.