EduPros Inc.

DOCTORIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Dissertation Chair: Robert Cruise Ph. D.
Committee Member: Marilyn Eggers Ph. D.
Committee Member: Edward Boyatt Ed. D.

Approved by the Committee
Date: 12/9/2010

Table of Contents

 

Abstract .................................................................................................................................. iv

Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. vi

Dedication .............................................................................................................................. viii

Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... ix

List of Tables and Figures........................................................................................................xv

1. Purpose and Organization ..................................................................................................1

Introduction and Background of the Study ..........................................................................1

Matching Students as Roommates ...........................................................................2

Student Housing Application ...................................................................................3

Conceptualizing Student Matching and Placement .................................................4

Significance of Matching and Placement ................................................................5

Research Problem ................................................................................................................7

Purpose of the Study ............................................................................................................7

Research Questions ..............................................................................................................7

Rationale for the Study ........................................................................................................7

Housing Applications and Placement Methodology ................................................7

Possible Future Correlations ....................................................................................9

Definition of Terms............................................................................................................11

Chapter 1 Summary ...........................................................................................................14

2. Review of Related Material ...............................................................................................16

Student Retention and Academic Achievement ................................................................16

Pioneers in the Study of Student Attrition .............................................................18

Factors of Retention ...............................................................................................20

Admission Policy and Predictor Variables ............................................................22

Achievement beyond Retention .............................................................................23

Roommate Conflict ............................................................................................................23

Causes of Conflict ..................................................................................................23

Proactively Avoiding Conflict through Campus Ecology .....................................24

Core Factors Summary ......................................................................................................25

Administering Student On-Campus Housing ....................................................................25

The Initial University Housing Analysis ...........................................................................26

California Baptist University Background.............................................................26

Initial Research Methodology and Deliverables ....................................................27

Results of Initial Research Study ...........................................................................27

Knowledge Affirmation for Initial Study ..............................................................27

Understanding University Needs .......................................................................................28

Goals of a University .............................................................................................28

Housing Role in University Goals .........................................................................31

Measuring the Needs in Housing Administration ..................................................31

Analysis of Housing Administration Software ..................................................................33

Current Leading Housing Software .......................................................................33

Leading Housing Software Pricing ........................................................................35

Newcomers to Housing Software ..........................................................................36

Complete University Solutions that Add a Housing Module ................................39

Custom Design Solutions .......................................................................................40

Analyzing Software Design and Usability .............................................................41

Investigating the Student Housing Application .................................................................42

University Student Housing Application Process ..............................................................43

Matching Like Students. ........................................................................................43

Importance and Prioritizing Question Elements ....................................................44

Temperament Question Elements ..........................................................................45

The HousingCaddy Prototype ............................................................................................45

Which Students in What Priority? .........................................................................46

Question Element Importance................................................................................47

Combining Students ...............................................................................................47

Rooms, Beds, and Sectional Placement .................................................................50

Special Needs and Manual Placement ...................................................................51

Sample Prototype Data ..........................................................................................51

Prototype Design Issues .........................................................................................52

Provisioning for Future Research ......................................................................................53

Storing the Right Information ................................................................................53

Potential Deployment for Nationwide Study .........................................................54

Chapter 2 Summary ...........................................................................................................55

3. Research Methodology ......................................................................................................56

Research Objectives ...........................................................................................................56

Student Housing Application Development Synopsis ...........................................57

Student Placement Methodology Précis ................................................................57

HousingCaddy Prototype .......................................................................................58

Population ..........................................................................................................................58

Defining Housing Experts..................................................................................................58

Sample..............................................................................................................................59

Description of Instruments .................................................................................................60

Student Housing Application and Development Survey .......................................60

Student Placement Methodology and Feedback Survey ........................................61

The HousingCaddy Prototype ................................................................................63

Research Procedures ..........................................................................................................64

Student Housing Application and Placement Methodology ..................................64

Evaluate the HousingCaddy Prototype Placement Methodology ..........................66

Analysis Plan .....................................................................................................................67

Student Housing Application .................................................................................67

Student Placement Methodology ...........................................................................67

The HousingCaddy Prototype Survey Results .......................................................68

Contingencies .....................................................................................................................68

Chapter 3 Summary ...........................................................................................................69

4. Presentation of the Findings .............................................................................................70

Selecting Housing Expert Participants...............................................................................70

Executing the Selection Process ............................................................................72

Identifying Housing Experts for the Student Housing Application .......................73

Recognizing Housing Experts for the Matching and Placement Methodology .....74

Housing Application ..........................................................................................................75

Delphi Research Execution ....................................................................................75

Accepted Baseline Student Housing Application ..................................................78

University Representation of the Housing Experts Participants ............................79

Student Placement Methodology .......................................................................................81

Generalization Defying Acceptance ......................................................................82

Question Element Ranks and Priorities .................................................................85

Specific Methodology Concerns or Suggestions ...................................................86

Some Universities Accept the Placement Methodology ........................................89

Applicability of the Methodology ......................................................................................92

Chapter 4 Summary ...........................................................................................................93

5. Conclusion Implications and Recommendations ............................................................94

Delphi Research Method Critique .....................................................................................94

Time Constraints ....................................................................................................94

Policy versus Housing Application ........................................................................95

Conclusions Derived from Research Questions ................................................................96

Student Housing Application .................................................................................96

Student Placement Methodology ...........................................................................98

Applicability of the Placement Methodology ......................................................100

Chapter 5 Summary .........................................................................................................101

Recommendations for Future Study ................................................................................103

The Significance of Student Matching on Retention and Academic Success .....104

Variations of the Housing Application ................................................................105

Student Matching and Placement Methodology Challenge .................................108

References ..............................................................................................................................110

List of Appendices .................................................................................................................124

Appendices

Appendix 1. Cover Letter for Housing Expert Invitation to Participate	125
Appendix 2. Brief Background Summary Introduction to the Study for Participants	129
Appendix 3. Initial Student Housing Application	131
Appendix 4. Student Housing Application Development Survey	137
Appendix 5. Student Placement Methodology	138
Appendix 6. Student Placement Methodology Feedback Survey	142
Appendix 7. The HousingCaddy Prototype	150
Appendix 8. HousingCaddy Prototype Evaluation Survey	151
Appendix 9. Profile of First-Time Freshmen Pittsburgh Campus Fall Term, 2000	152
Appendix 10. California Baptist University Housing Software Requirements	158
Appendix 11. Housing Software Price Quote for California Baptist University	185
Appendix 12. Technical Study Findings and Prototype Design	188
Appendix 13. University Housing Application Evaluation	202
Appendix 14. Google vs. Yahoo Stock Report	223
Appendix 15. Browser and Version Breakdown*	224
Appendix 16. Portable Devices Screen Size, Pixel Count, and Colors	230
Appendix 17. Validated Student Housing Application	232
Appendix 18. Ranking Question Elements for Placement Methodology	238
Appendix 19. Prioritizing Question Elements for Placement Methodology	245
Appendix 20. Prioritizing Question Elements Survey Results	248

Tables

Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics: Housing Expert Participants by University Student Enrollment	79
Table 4.2 Frequency Distribution of Housing Expert Participants by University Student Enrollment	80
Table 4.3 Descriptive Statistics: Placement Housing Expert Participants by University Student Enrollment	91
Table 4.4 Frequency Distribution of Placement Housing Expert Participants by University Student Enrollment	91

Figures

Figure 2.1. Postsecondary Attainments of 1980 High School Graduates - Six Years Later	18
Figure 2.2. A Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure	20
Figure 2.3. Lewin’s Formula	24
Figure 2.4. Schroeder and Jackson’s Campus Ecology Formula	24
Figure 2.5. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs	30
Figure 2.6. Student Matches Outnumbering the Number of Beds in a Room	49
Figure 2.7. Student Matches Less Than the Number of Beds in a Room	49
Figure 4.1. Total Number of Completed Surveys	72
Figure 4.2. Response to Email Invitation via Email Reply, Referenced by Tone	73
Figure 4.3 Matching Methods Reported by Universities Completing the Survey	74
Figure 4.4. Universities Represented by Housing Experts for the Student Housing Application	81
Figure 4.5. Universities Represented by Housing Experts Accepting the Student Placement Methodology	90
Figure 5.1. Placement Methodology versus Number of Students	101
Figure 5.2. Standard Student Matching	106
Figure 5.3. Student Matching with Roommate Preference Supplement	107
Figure 5.4. Student Matching with Friends or Family Perception	108
Figure Appendix 12. HousingCaddy Prototype Architecture	191

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