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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"College student retention."”.
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A Predictive Model of Canadian College Student Retention
Estimates in the literature for within-year retention at 2-year colleges range from 57% to 83.9%. This indicates that a large proportion of students who attend 2-year colleges may not be retained beyond the first semester of their studies. Attrition potentially represents a major loss to the …
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Educational Opportunity Fund Program and Community College Student Retention
<p>The EOF program is a state funded student support services program designed to provide access and financial support to disadvantaged students, and to improve student success as measured by student retention and graduation rates. This research examined the effects of EOF program and other factors …
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The Relationship Between Adjunct Faculty Staffing and College Student Retention and Graduation
… Has the use of adjuncts negatively impacted the student experience and quality of education, leading to lower persistence and graduation rates? This dissertation examines the relationship between adjunct faculty and student outcomes measured by both retention and graduation rates. This study …
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Trends in college student retention : identification of latent student classes with relation to retention statistics.
College student retention has been studied in depth at both 4-year and 2-year institutions, but not at technical colleges. Institutions of higher education continue to struggle with early identification and intervention strategies to aid in student retention. Technical Colleges are not an exception …
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First-Generation College Student Baccalaureate Attainment: Investigation of a Psychological Model of College Student Retention
<p>This dissertation examined predictors of retention and graduation for first-generation (FG), first-year students at a selective, private, residential university in the northeastern United States. The theoretical framework was Bean and Eaton's (2000, 2001/2002) Psychological Model of College …
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Community college student retention : an examination of student pre-entry attributes, academic experiences, and social experiences and the relationship to first-year persistence
… the extent that the attributes of incoming students and their subsequent academic and social interactions at an institution are related to community college student retention. Student data from a cohort of first-time students (N = 1089) attending a community college in southwest Missouri was …
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Factors that Contribute to Success in College for Native American Students
<p>Native American college student retention is a major issue for colleges and universities today. Most studies completed up to this point have approached the issue of Native American retention by surveying or interviewing those students who have left school. This study uses a qualitative interview …
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En Comunidad: The Undergraduate Research Experiences of College Students of Mexican Descent
… research experiences and outcomes of specific student populations. The aim of this study was to address this limitation in the literature by exploring the undergraduate research experiences of students of Mexican descent at a public, broad-access institution. Through a case study approach, this …
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Student Outcomes in Selected Distance Learning and Traditional Courses for the Dallas County Community College District: A Pilot Study
… by the seven campuses of Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). The course outcomes were defined as completion rate, dropout rate and success rate. Eleven courses offered during the fall 2003 semester were selected for the study. The methods of instruction employed for each course were …