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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
Walters, John; Marcus, Laurence R. – 1985
Eight New Jersey State colleges which shared essentially the same goals and offered similar financial aid packages were studied in order to determine the relationship between persistence rates of disadvantaged students in opportunity programs and the role of faculty in such programs. Student data were provided by New Jersey's Equal Opportunity…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Preparation
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
Robledo Montecel, Maria; And Others – 1994
A federal program designed to reduce dropout rates in middle schools among limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is described. The program trains LEP middle school students at risk of dropping out as tutors for elementary school children. A demonstration project trained 101 Hispanic student tutors in two Texas school districts. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
