7. Research done by Hawken, Duncan, andaKelly (1991) shows that college
students who get involved with others tend to stay in college whereas those who
are uninvolved tend to drop out. These researchers point out that "socially
integrated students are more likely to live in a dormitory, have a part-time job on
campus, participate in clubs and social organizations, and declare an academic
major earlier in their careers." Students appear to have the most difficulty estab-
lishing social integration in their first year at school, when 60 percent of the
dropping out occurs.