Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Davis, James E.
Committee Member
Adams, Joe T.
Committee Member
Stonecypher, Wayne
Committee Member
Wiseman, William M.
Date of Degree
12-11-2009
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Community College Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Educational Leadership
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions and performance of native and community college transfer students at a rural land grant institution. The study included students’ perceptions of the following areas: (1) academic and intellectual development; (2) faculty concern of student development and teaching; (3) social integration; (4) goal and institutional commitment; and (5) transfer students’ perceptions of their transfer process. The theoretical framework of the study was Tinto’s Longitudinal Model of Student Departure. A survey research design was employed in this investigative study to collect and analyze the data. A total of 567 Mississippi State University (MSU) students participated in the research study. An instrument entitled The Student Experience Survey was used to gather the data utilized in the research study. The researcher sought to answer 6 research questions related to participants’ perceptions and performance at MSU. To analyze the collected data both a Multivariate of Variance (MANOVA) and an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tests were used. Other statistical tests that were utilized in this research study were cross tabulations, descriptive frequencies, and Chi-Square. All results were presented in both descriptive and table forms. Among the major findings of the research study were: (a) there was a significant difference in the grade point averages (GPAs) of university native and community college transfer students, (b) there was a significant relationship between the collegiate GPAs of community college transfer students and their perceptions of specific transfer variables; and (c) there were significant differences in the students’ perceptions of the factor variables of academic and intellectual development, faculty concern for student development, social integration, and goal and institutional commitment among university native and community college transfer students.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17061
Recommended Citation
Reed-Nolan, Kimberly, "A Study Of The Perceptions And Performance Of Native And Community College Transfer Students At A Rural Land-Grant Institution" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 300.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/300