Structural dimensions of student involvement and their relationship to student development

Student involvement has been identified as a critical factor linked to multiple positive college outcomes. Multiple studies have been conducted in which various aspects of student involvement have been identified. The focus of this study was to investigate the structural dimensions of student involvement and the relationship of those dimensions to student development. Participants in this study included 292 students from a regional Midwestern university. Exploratory factor analysis, canonical correlation, and univariate multiple regression techniques were used to explore the research questions examined in this study.