Retention is a continuous, widespre

Retention is a continuous, widespread concern of colleges and universities worldwide. A high rate of attrition can hurt an institution’s bottom line. The growth, sustenance, and ultimate survival of these institutions are determined by having a higher number of new enrollees and persisting students over the number of dropouts and stopouts. Exactly how to maintain that sustainable ratio continues to baffle academics and administrators alike. While there have been many suggested approaches, Tinto’s theory is perhaps most commonly referred to. Having its origins from Durkheim’s theory of suicide, Tinto’s Social Integration Theory proposed that a student’s persistence in a certain educational institution is determined by two main factors: academic integration and social integration. For faculty administrators, this suggests that their retention efforts place much of their focus on the two factors mentioned above