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Download full textFink, Diana; Carrasquillo, Carmen – 1994
Several retention strategies have been developed at Miramar College in San Diego, California, to reduce attrition and enhance institutional effectiveness. One of these, the PLACe tutorial center, is dedicated to empowering students to attain educational success. In spring 1992, developmental English students who did not use the PLACe Center had a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness
Cellucci, Philomena M. C.; Price, Teresa P. – 1986
A project was implemented at Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in Florence, South Carolina to develop a retention plan for high-risk and probationary students. The project involved the following components: a literature review on retention strategies, visits to state-of-the-art model two-year college retention programs, studies of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria
