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What is Persistence
1.
The description of successful academic progress in the doctoral program. This term is used interchangeably with retention, though
persistence
is usually more from the student perspective, while retention is used more from an institutional perspective.
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2.
The measure of students in higher education who return term-to-term and are more likely to complete an academic program.
Learn more in: Ongoing and Systematic Academic Program Review
3.
The ability to view unsuccessful efforts as constructive negative results which provide next directions in which to move an investigation or project. In STEAM fields,
persistence
is the ability to maintain a spirit of creativity despite a series of failures.
Learn more in: Social and Emotional Teaching for STEAM Through Read-Aloud: Kindergarteners Learning to “Feel Courage-Able”
4.
The length of time, once sent, that a message remains available.
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5.
The desire and action of a student to stay within the system of higher education from beginning year through degree completion.
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6.
Relates to a student’s continued progress through a course or program, ultimately resulting in a completed degree (OToole, Stratton, & Wetzel, 2003 AU76: The in-text citation "OToole, Stratton, & Wetzel, 2003" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
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7.
The National Student Clearinghouse defines
persistence
as continued enrollment at any institution of higher education (NSC Research Center, 2016).
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8.
Continuing to take action or perform tasks despite the presence of challenges or obstacles.
Learn more in: Critical Success Factors and Methods to Increase Persistence for Non-Traditional Online Students
9.
The desire to continuously keep going even in the face of barriers and challenges.
Learn more in: Ask About Me: The Self-Efficacy of First-Generation Students
10.
Terminology used in postsecondary educational contexts to describe learners who progress through and complete a defined program of study.
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11.
A student who remains in a higher education program throughout their college career. Students are considered persistent if they were enrolled from the previous year(s) or have attained their degrees.
Learn more in: Minority STEM Students' Perspectives on Their Persistence in College
12.
The length of time, once sent, that a message remains available.
Learn more in: Instant Messaging as a Hypermedium in the Making
13.
Generally refers to whether students finish their degrees or programs.
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14.
Property of a time series meaning that it is more probable that in the following moment the time series will follow the same behavior as in the previous moment.
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15.
Relating to the act of continuing toward an educational goal. Many institutions track this information to determine who completes their degree or certificate “on time” or within a stated period of time.
Learn more in: Student Retention in Online Education
16.
For this study,
persistence
is defined as the ability of a student to remain in full- or part-time status at a higher education institution (Tinto, 2012).
Persistence
is related to retention but different in the way that
persistence
focuses on why students stay in school (Tinto, 2012). Intent to persist to degree completion in this study is referred to as the dependent variable. Intent takes into consideration how the student feels about his or her desire and ability to complete the degree program.
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17.
A mindset of staying the course regardless of difficulty or opposition; often used in conjunction with fortitude; slang “sticking to it” or “sticking it out.”
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18.
A trait that allows someone to keep doing something continuously even when facing difficulty.
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19.
In education,
persistence
is the continuation of effort and striving through adversity towards academic goals.
Learn more in: Who Am I?: The Identity and Motivation of the Nontraditional Learner
20.
A learner’s continued enrollment or degree completion at an institution of higher education, even if learners changed from the institution in which they first enrolled, from the fall semester of the learner’s first year to the fall semester of the learner’s second year.
Learn more in: Engagement, Self-Efficacy, Persistence, and Academic Entitlement
21.
Considered to be continued enrollment at any higher education institution.
Learn more in: The Mentoring and Connectivism of African American Male Students Who Participate in Recreational Sports Programs
22.
Persistence
is the intent to return to return to college to continue a program of study.
Learn more in: The Relationship between Individual Student Attributes and Online Course Completion
23.
A term referring to the possibility that painting can persist through change, becoming and/or transformation.
Persistence
is used in this context as a term or position, which can either be considered through hybridity or alternatively the retention of something through the act of full transformation or becoming.
Learn more in: The Virtual, Alternate Spaces, and the Effects upon Artwork
24.
The degree to which students are determined and committed to continuing their studies and earn a college degree.
Learn more in: Promoting the Representation of Historically Disadvantaged Students: What Educational Leaders Need to Know
25.
The successful completion of a doctoral program including dissertation and coursework, leading to graduation.
Learn more in: Transformation of the Dissertation: From an End-of-Program Destination to a Program-Embedded Process
26.
The return rate of students continuously enrolled within their program and/or institution each year until graduation.
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