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Table 2 (Spring
2002 semester) |
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Complete Withdrawal Survey Result - Campus
Wide |
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N= |
340 |
335 |
359 |
287 |
386 |
400 |
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Planning to return |
61.2% |
57.1% |
64.7% |
93.3% |
57.5% |
60.1% |
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Financial |
Overall |
26.8% |
28.7% |
32.3% |
23.7% |
28.2% |
25.5% |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Financial Reasons |
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22.1% |
23.3% |
26.3% |
18.8% |
26.0% |
22.3% |
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Problems with receiving
financial aid |
3.2% |
3.6% |
4.2% |
5.6% |
4.7% |
2.5% |
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Tuition costs |
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2.9% |
5.4% |
6.2% |
5.6% |
3.9% |
3.3% |
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Parents withdrew support |
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3.5% |
4.5% |
5.3% |
0.7% |
4.4% |
3.3% |
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I lost job/parent lost job |
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2.4% |
1.5% |
4.5% |
0.7% |
1.8% |
4.8% |
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Academic |
Overall |
39.7% |
39.4% |
31.5% |
22.0% |
30.6% |
39.3% |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Lack of interest in courses |
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5.9% |
12.8% |
8.4% |
3.5% |
6.3% |
10.5% |
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Doing poorly in class |
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15.9% |
15.5% |
14.0% |
7.0% |
10.2% |
12.8% |
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Cannot get the
help I need from teachers |
1.2% |
0.6% |
2.0% |
0.7% |
0.3% |
1.3% |
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Have not been attending
class regularly |
13.9% |
11.9% |
8.9% |
2.4% |
8.1% |
13.5% |
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Insufficient background
for courses |
0.6% |
2.7% |
2.0% |
2.4% |
1.3% |
0.5% |
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Academic grade problems |
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9.7% |
6.6% |
5.0% |
1.4% |
3.7% |
5.0% |
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Disappointed with quality
of instruction |
1.8% |
2.1% |
3.1% |
3.5% |
1.0% |
3.3% |
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Large classes |
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2.4% |
3.3% |
2.8% |
0.4% |
3.1% |
3.5% |
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Inadequate academic advising |
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0.3% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
0.0% |
0.8% |
0.5% |
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Class
scheduling problems/class availability |
4.4% |
5.1% |
7.5% |
3.1% |
3.1% |
6.8% |
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Attending another university |
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14.5% |
10.1% |
6.4% |
5.9% |
10.9% |
11.3% |
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Commuting/Transportation |
Overall |
5.3% |
6.6% |
8.6% |
4.5% |
8.3% |
10.0% |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Problems with parking on campus |
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2.9% |
4.5% |
4.2% |
2.8% |
4.2% |
6.5% |
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Problems commuting |
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3.2% |
2.4% |
5.0% |
2.4% |
4.7% |
5.5% |
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Work/Employment |
Overall |
34.7% |
36.1% |
34.5% |
42.2% |
29.3% |
35.8% |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Work conflict |
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22.4% |
18.5% |
22.1% |
33.5% |
17.2% |
18.8% |
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Cannot devote enough time
to studies |
16.5% |
15.8% |
15.6% |
14.6% |
15.4% |
15.8% |
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Accepted full-time job |
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9.7% |
12.8% |
9.2% |
7.0% |
11.7% |
10.0% |
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Could not find a job |
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1.2% |
1.8% |
0.8% |
0.0% |
1.6% |
3.0% |
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Personal |
Overall |
40.6% |
39.7% |
35.7% |
17.4% |
42.5% |
42.3% |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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University too big |
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1.2% |
2.1% |
1.9% |
0.0% |
5.0% |
2.5% |
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Cannot
concentrate/haven't been able to study |
16.5% |
16.4% |
12.0% |
3.5% |
11.5% |
13.8% |
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Change of
major/don't know what to major in |
6.5% |
7.5% |
5.0% |
1.4% |
5.0% |
8.3% |
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Did not feel part of campus life |
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5.0% |
4.8% |
3.9% |
0.7% |
4.4% |
2.8% |
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Marital
situation changed my educational plans |
5.6% |
3.9% |
3.4% |
2.8% |
3.4% |
5.5% |
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Boredom |
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3.8% |
5.1% |
4.5% |
0.7% |
2.9% |
4.0% |
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Residence hall/roommate
problems |
1.5% |
1.8% |
1.9% |
0.0% |
2.6% |
1.5% |
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Family problems |
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22.1% |
21.2% |
21.2% |
11.2% |
26.0% |
21.8% |
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Health/Medical |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Health reasons |
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17.7% |
18.5% |
18.4% |
7.3% |
19.8% |
21.0% |
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Other |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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Other reasons |
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29.2% |
19.4% |
20.9% |
23.0% |
21.4% |
22.5% |
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Mean Satisfaction |
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S1999 |
S2000 |
S2001 |
U2001 |
F2001 |
S2002 |
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On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high) |
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4.34 |
4.25 |
4.21 |
4.39 |
4.32 |
4.20 |
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Note: Students are allowed to choose more than one
reason; therefore, the "overall" results are given for each
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the bias of students selecting more than one reason from an area. |
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