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Identifying the Drivers of Student Retention: A Service Marketing Approach

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  • Amy Rummel, Ph.D.

    (Professor of Marketing, Alfred University.)

  • Maeghen L. MacDonald

    (Penn State University.)

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Examination of Higher Education literature concerning student retention reveals a variety of influences from student satisfaction, professors’ engagement and/or approachability with students. However, as with most complex issues there appears to be multiple causes for student disengagement. This paper presents a “service marketing” approach to understanding student retention. If a university system is couched in terms of multiple, interactive service encounters, are there interactions which take place on a campus which would lead to a students’ satisfaction/dissatisfaction with that University? The results indicate that this is in fact true. While the student-teacher interaction is still critical to retaining students, additional interactions with support staff also emerge as having significant impact on the retention of students. Implications for “customer service” training across all venues within a University are discussed.

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  • Amy Rummel, Ph.D. & Maeghen L. MacDonald, 2016. "Identifying the Drivers of Student Retention: A Service Marketing Approach," Journal of Business, LAR Center Press, vol. 1(2), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:lrc:larjob:v:1:y:2016:i:2:p:1-7
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    Keywords

    Student retention; higher education; service marketing; Student satisfaction.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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