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Conner, Evguenia; McKee, Jan – Principal Leadership, 2008
This article describes an action research at an alternative high school which explores drop-out prevention strategies with first-year students. Student retention is extremely challenging for alternative schools. Because their mission is to provide a second chance to students who could not succeed in a regular setting, those schools regularly must…
Descriptors: Action Research, Prevention, Academic Persistence, Statistical Data
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1993
Statistical data on in-state, first-time freshmen at Virginia's four-year institutions and Richard Bland College, entering in 1992-93, are presented. The first table summarizes the academic performance of students for identified private high schools, by area. The second table summarizes the academic performance of students for identified public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, College Freshmen