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EDUC 665 S OURCE A NALYSIS A SSIGNMENT I. Scholarly Source a. Full current APA Reference: Heritage, B., Ladeira, C., & Steele, A. R. (2023). The development and pilot of the university student embeddedness (USE) scale for student retention within universities: validation with an Australian student sample. Higher Education, 85 (1), 27-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00813-z b. Please provide a concise summary of the article: Student retention is an issue bringing a lot of concern to Higher Education in Australia. Employment is contingent upon the “performance” of the institution. Australia currently ranks in the middle of the organization OECD, which is an organization that concludes the national data percentage of new college students who complete their bachelor’s degree within five years. The enrollment rates at Australian universities have fallen over time due to the lack of funding from the government for university fees and college students accrue debt each semester. There were two studies conducted to determine the quality of the production of a student embeddedness scale (Study one, part one) which was then followed by two quantitative analyses of the scale scores to “construct (study one, part two) and concurrent (study two) validity” (Heritage et al., 2023). subsequently, after examining the findings within the studies, it is to provide suggestions for student retention. The procedure was advertised to students via social media and interviews were conducted to form the contestant pool for the study. The findings show that study one produced results of appropriate measurable properties in the Univeristy Student Embeddedness (USE) scales of Fit and Links (staff) (Heritage et al., 2023). A major limitation presented was that “students' self-reported intentions to stay at the university were used as a proxy for actual retention” (Heritage et al., 2023). c. What retention/success theory did the author reference? The retention theory the author referenced was the theory of embeddedness. d. What value did the article contribute to the conversation of student success? The value the article contributed was significant research on the embeddedness model on what factors may cause students to leave or stay in college courses. The findings related to the embeddedness model support the understanding of college student retention. e. What appears to be the author’s intent in writing the article? The author’s intent in writing this article is to inform the reader of a concern that the Australian college attrition rates have declined steadily. This article focuses on the embeddedness scale theory to provide results on why students choose to leave or stay in college as well as predictions in future student retention. provided are the details within the process to provide a reasoning qualitative and quantive measures. In light of your above responses, should the content of this article be recommended to help an institution increase student success? Please fully explain your answer. The content within this article should be recommended to help a higher education facility increase its student success. The research provides predictions of student retention rates of college students based on the embedded scale theory. Student Affairs can use this embedded scale theory to create events or resources that encourages students to stay and complete their degrees.

EDUC 665 II. Informal (non-scholarly) Source a. Full current APA Reference: Steele, J. (2024). Student persistence vs student retention: What is the difference? Student Engagement Software & Student Success Software. https://www.suitable.co/knowledge-center/blog/student-persistence-vs-student- retention-what-is-the-difference#:~:text=Put%20simply%2C%20schools %20measure%20the,school%20before%20completing%20their%20degree. b. Please provide a concise summary of the article: This article focused on the discrepancies in terms of student persistence versus student retention as it is suggested they are most often used in a manner of connectedness when in fact they are not. Provided in this article are the definitions and understandings of the key differences between student persistence and student retention. Steele identified student retention being the amount of students who don’t complete their degree whereas student persistence is a measurable variable of student effort and motivation in completing their degree (Steele, 2024). Why you need student persistence and student retention within colleges are also addressed within the article and this can be achieved in higher education institutions. c. What retention/success theory did the author reference? The retention theory that Steele referenced is similar to Tinto’s persistence theory. It is understood that to maintain or increase student retention rates, students must be determined to graduate. Numerous factors contribute to a student’s persistence in remaining enrolled and completing their degree. d. What value did the article contribute to the conversation of student success? The value that the article contributed to the conversation of student success was outlining the impact of student persistence on obtaining student retention. It focused on what factors of the college student’s life should be measured when considering student persistence and how student persistence can be achieved while the college student is working towards completing their degree. e. What appears to be the author’s intent in writing the article? The author’s intent in writing the article is to inform the reader of the true differences between student retention and student persistence. It highlights how student persistence is the key to student retention and that this concept is often overlooked by higher education institutions. The author provides suggestions on how to maintain student persistence by analyzing the variables that may contribute to students dropping out of school and how student affairs can tackle this problem. f. In light of your above responses, should the content of this article be recommended to help an institution increase student success? Please fully explain your answer. The content of this article should be shared with institutions to increase student retention rates and degree completion rates. This article digs deep into one of the most underlying causes of why students do not complete their degrees and suggests what efforts can be made by higher education institutions to support students to degree completion regardless of their obstacles. It also provides clarity on the terms student retention and student persistence because they are often used interchangeably when there are differences in the actual understanding of the two ideas.

EDUC 665 III. Corporate Source a. Full current APA Reference: Keeping talent happy: Strategies and plans for effectively retaining employees . Employee Retention: Strategies and Plans | Microsoft 365. (2023, May 16). https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/ resources/employee-retention b. Please provide a concise summary of the article: Microsft 365 Team corporation wrote an article on employee retention that focused on what employee retention is and how is it important to a company. some of these importances and benefits are team building, cohesion, trust, productivity, institutional knowledge, costs of replacing or training new workers, and customer impact. The company also provides reasons behind employee loss and how it can impact the company as a whole including the company’s reputation. A high employee turnover rate could indicate a poorly managed business which could lead to employees also leaving. In this article, the author provides strategies to improve employee retention rates and employee retention metrics and tools for measuring data. c. What retention/success theory did the author reference? The retention theory that the author referenced is employee engagement retention. This idea targets employers' engagement through their interests in benefits and compensation. If the benefits and compensation are suitable for the employee, they are more likely to stay with the company. d. What value did the article contribute to the conversation of student success? The value article contributed to the conversation of student success by outlining the impacts retention can have on a business – or an institution. Provided within the article are suggestions that an institution can utilize to maintain student retention. e. What appears to be the author’s intent in writing the article? The author’s intent in writing the article is to discuss the concerns within corporations and how employee turnover rates can be harmful to new employment or maintaining employment. The author also provides benefits to inform the reader on the importance of retention and suggestions to maintain this retention. f. In light of your above responses, should the content of this article be recommended to help an institution increase student success? Please fully explain your answer. This article has valid points of suggestion and information regarding retention and it is not geared specifically towards the institutional aspect regarding student retention, it still can provide some benefit to institutions in maintaining student retention and enrollment. In the article, the author suggests that to maintain employee retention within a corporation, you must train the employees well, hire employees who fit the company's dynamics, recognize employees, compensation, consistent feedback, benefits, opportunities for development, mentorship, and tools (Microsoft 365: Business Productivity, 2023). IV. Government Source a. Full current APA Reference:

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EDUC 665 Glynn, L. G. J. F. (2023, June). Fiscal Year 2024 selective retention bonus (SRB) program and FY24 Broken Service SRB progr . United States Marine Corps Flagship.https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/ 3412690/fiscal-year-2024-selective-retention-bonus-srb-program-and-fy24- broken-service/ b. Please provide a concise summary of the article: To maintain retention with renelistment of Marines, a fiscal year selective retention bonus program and broken service program has been implemented within the Marine branch. This program is designed to provide financial compensation bonuses to those who are eligible in order to retain the most qualified Marines. The retention goal is important in maintaining the enlisted soldiers, in which this approach has deemed successful according to current data than in previous years (Glynn, 2023). This program will continue so that there may be continued success in retaining talented marines during reenlisting. The eligibility for this program is for Marines who reenlist after June 1, 2023. These Marines must be a career or first-term operating with an ECC since October 2023 to September 2024. Marines who are enlisting in 2023 with an ECC between June 2023 and September 2023 will not be eligible for the supplement (Glynn, 2023). If the funds are being given out faster than intended or if the goal in the retention rate changes, the program will be suspended the fiscal year 2024 program (Glynn, 2023). c. What retention/success theory did the author reference? The author referenced a success theory baked on financial compensation benefits in order to maintain a positive retention reenlistment goal with the Marine branch of the military. d. What value did the article contribute to the conversation of student success? The value the article contributed to the conversation of student success is that incentives do improve retention rates. The incentive must appeal to the college student, however, when speaking in terms of retaining students enrolled in a college level. e. What appears to be the author’s intent in writing the article? The author’s intent is to inform the reader on how important providing an incentive for enlistment, or enrollment, to maintain retention levels and success in completion. f. In light of your above responses, should the content of this article be recommended to help an institution increase student success? Please fully explain your answer. The content within this article would probably not increase student success within a college but it could provide insight for student affairs professionals to understand how an incentive can increase retention rates for enrolled students. It could also provide insight as far as a guideline in how to organize and provide specific incentives that target specific groups of students. In the article, a list of ranks and their designated pay out from the program is included. This is concise and it straight to the point in who should get what amount of supplement. V. Non-Profit Source

EDUC 665 a. Full current APA Reference: Tandet, J. (2023, October 16). Student persistence vs. retention in higher education . Higher Education Management Software. https://moderncampus.com/blog/persistence-vs-retention.html b. Please provide a concise summary of the article: Defined within the article is the meanings of student persistence and retention in higher education and how they correlate to each other. Student retention is how institutions are able to maintain theincome of revenue, their reputation, and satisfy the supporting shareholders of the institution (Tandet, 2023). institutions are considered a demanding market and in order to retain students, strategies were provided. Retention is considered to measure an institution’s success and retention, depending on the goals of the institution, this can be measured in various ways. This could include transfer students, part-time students, and non-traditional students (Tandet, 2023). Retention is also majorily considered to be within the first year of enrollment in the fall which involves students who are first-time students and first-year students who continue their enrollment to the following fall (Tandet, 2023). The difference in persistence and retention is that retention focuses on the actions and strategies by institutions to keep these students enrolled in the school and persistence is when the student is motivated and putting forth efforts regardless of their circumstances in order to complete their degree. Tandet explains “ a persistence is measured by the percentage of students who return to college at any institution for their second year, while retention rate represents the percentage of students who return to the same institution” (Tandet, 2023). The National Student Clearinghouse provides an average persistance rate for enrolled college students between 2012 and 2021 of 74.8%. College students that begin at a four-year private, non-profit institution was at the highest rate of 86.3% (Tandet, 2023). Four-year, public institutions show 84.9% and at two-year universities were at a 60.8% in persistence (Tandet, 2023). The retention rates provided lower data percentages with 65.9% averaging across the national level. Four-year, non-profit universities average 76.4% (Tandet, 2023). c. What retention/success theory did the author reference? The retention theory the author referenced is Tinto’s persistence theory. The persistence theory provides success in retention through a college student’s personal efforts and motivation in completing their degree. d. What value did the article contribute to the conversation of student success? The article provided strong points that proved persistence and retention work hand in hand but have two different meanings. The author provided the understanding that persistence was the student’s measurement of success while retention was the institution’s measurement of success. e. What appears to be the author’s intent in writing the article? The author’s intent in writing this article is to inform by orividing an understanding of the interconnectedness between persistence and retention. This article provides data that shows non-profit, four-year college’s retention rates are slightly higher than that of a for-profit, four-year college. f. In light of your above responses, should the content of this article be recommended to help an institution increase student success? Please fully explain your answer.

EDUC 665 The content of this article is informative but only provides information as far as how different institutions are successful at different rates – persistence and retention. It did not indicate any specific strategies for institutions to obtain success in student prevention but provided the importance in understanding the difference between persistence and retention. I would not recommend this article as it is not specific to the methods of how to increase student retention.

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