A Verification and Extension of Students' Motivations, Financial Orientation, and Identity Salience as Predictors of Likelihood to Withdraw from a University

摘要: Broadly, this research examines a student’s likelihood to withdraw from university based on the relationship between motivations, financial orientation, and identity salience. Specifically, study empirically extrinsic motivation, intrinsic apathetic perceived opportunity loss lifestyle activities related satisfaction reciprocity salience, as predictors of withdrawing university. A questionnaire was designed by extending scale items constructs interest. First-year students at private located in upper Midwest were sampled. hypothized model tested using partial least squares regression. Consistent with theory, four eight paths are statistically significant. Four questions analyzed multigroup analysis. Differences relationships shown for gender, major, college GPA ACT score. Conclusions provide more insight understanding what drives undergraduate students’ withdraw. Higher education administrators could create different programs, services, or strategies that accommodate needs various levels Limitations include measuring rather than student actually withdrawing. Additionally, an R 2 value 50% which means is missing variables. With said, directions future should involve tracking who changes financials, salience well analyzing withdrew versus they would STUDENTS’ LIKELIHOOD OF WITHDRAWING iii