Vince Tinto

Vincent Tinto
Education Ph.D. in education and sociology at the University of Chicago
Alma mater Fordham University
Occupation Sociologist, education theorist
Known for Individual departure theory in higher education

Vincent Tinto is an award winning Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University of sociology. He is a noted theorist in the field of higher education, particularly concerning student retention and learning communities.

Education and career

Tinto received his Ph.D. in education and sociology from the University of Chicago after earning a Bachelor of Science in physics at Fordham University in 1963. He was chair of the higher education program at Syracuse from 1999 to 2006. His best known work is probably his heavily cited book, Leaving College (1993, 2nd Edition), published by the University of Chicago Press, in which he created a theory derived from the work of Emile Durkheim on suicide. This work compares such departure to the idea of leaving society (i.e., via suicide) due to a failure of the student and the campus to create a sense of belonging for the student.[1]

His career has involved the conduct of research on higher education, particularly on student retention and the impact of learning communities on student growth and attainment. Tinto has served as a consultant to many federal and state agencies, independent research firms, foundations, and with two- and four-year institutions of higher education. He has also served on the editorial boards of several journals, organizations, and professional associations concerned with higher education.

In 1990 Tinto served as Associate Director of the six-million-dollar National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment funded by the U.S. Office of Education. He has worked with the Council for Opportunity in Education, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Education, the European Access Network, and the Graduate Record Examination Board. As a member of the Pathways to College Network, he is currently engaged in a national effort to increase access to college.

Awards

Publications

Books

Reports

References

  1. "Why Do HE Students Drop Out? A test of Tinto's model" by Vivienne Brunsden; Mark Davies; Mark Shevlin; Maeve Bracken Journal of Further and Higher Education, Volume 24, Issue 3 October 2000 , pages 301 - 310 doi:10.1080/030987700750022244
  2. ERIC document DED371658 Abstract

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