Student’ s Engagement and Student Retention in Moi University, Kenya

Abstract

This paper is concern with how student’s engagement influences retention of students in Moi University programs. This is critical because retention as a measure of internal efficiency has important impactson costs and concomitant financing and access to education. Following Hanushek (2009) the paper uses a qualitative factor (students’engagement) to explain variations in school retention among academic schools in Moi University. Drawing data from 765 students randomly selected from six academic schools of Moi University, the paper estimates the role of five components of students engagement. Questionnaires and document analysis are used as instruments for data collection. Ordinary Least Regression and Principal factor analysis are employed to estimate parameters and reduce instrumentation errors, respectively. The results show that active collaboratively earning, student faculty interaction and a supportive campus environment havesignificant impacts on student retention