Philippine E-Journals

Modeling the Factors Influencing the Retention Decision of the Students of LPU-Laguna and LPU-St. Cabrini using Students Integration Theory

Ryan Jeffrey Curbano | Noel B. Hernandez

 

Abstract:

The study was conducted to determine the factors that influence the student retention at LPU Laguna and LPU-St. Cabrini. The study was guided by Tinto's Student Integration Theory focusing the students view on academic integration (faculty concern for student development and teaching and academic and intellectual development), social integration (peer group interaction and faculty interaction), and institutional and goal commitment. A total of 500 students were surveyed in this study. Stratified random sampling was used as sampling design and quantitative descriptive statistics was used as research design. The results revealed that majority of respondents were aged 20-22, female, 3rd year level, with more than 50,000 monthly income, and 2.01-2.50 general weighted average. In terms of assessment on factors influencing the student retention, institutional and goal commitment had highest assessment while academic and intellectual development had the lowest assessment. Findings showed that the measurement model satisfies the requirement of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Furthermore, faculty concern for student development and teaching, peer group interaction, faculty interaction and institutional and goal commitment were found significant factors of student retention. While in terms of factors of retention decision and demographic profile, sex and GWA/GPA had significant relationship on the student retention. The researchers suggested to continue faculty and student consultation, student's tutorial and enhanced student engagement activities to further improve the satisfaction level of the students and longer stay in the institution.