The development and pilot of the university student embeddedness (USE) scale for student retention within universities: validation with an Australian student sample

A significant number of university students are leaving their institutions before completing their degrees. The present research project applied embeddedness theory, from organizational research, to understand student retention in a tertiary student population, and develop a quantitative instrument that measured university student embeddedness.

Citation:
Heritage B, Ladeira C, Steele AR. The development and pilot of the university student embeddedness (USE) scale for student retention within universities: validation with an Australian student sample. High Educ. 2022.

Keywords:
Academic failure; Academic success; Adaptation; Personnel turnover; Psychological; Self efficacy; Universities

Abstract:
A significant number of university students are leaving their institutions before completing their degrees. The present research project applied embeddedness theory, from organizational research, to understand student retention in a tertiary student population, and develop a quantitative instrument that measured university student embeddedness.