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Direct linkMertes, Scott J.; Jankoviak, Michael W. – Community College Enterprise, 2016
Designing effective student retention programs is of critical importance from both a completion and a monetary standpoint. However, oftentimes colleges attempt to use nationally developed models rather than institutional-specific data to identify potential factors involved in student attrition. At a Midwestern community college, research…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Community Colleges
Download full textKelly, Christine B. – 1996
In 1996, Ohio's Terra Community College undertook a project to substantiate the need for a comprehensive orientation program and to develop such a program, including a pre-college session and a college orientation class. Information was gathered through a literature review, suggesting that orientation creates a bond between the student and the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Needs Assessment, Program Development
Simmons, Brenda R. – 1986
The project described in this report was piloted at Florida Community College during fall 1985 to review policies and practices that can facilitate the retention of students, to propose a system of data collection and dissemination designed to provide routine, useful information about the retention of students, and to establish communications…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Dropout Research
Pollard, Merriette – 1982
The design and features of a model minority retention program are discussed. Components of successful retention programs include: commitment to attract and retain minority students, ongoing sessions to sensitize the campus community to minority students, academic involvement, tenured minority faculty and staff, support services, and minority…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Change Strategies, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Wells, Robert N. – 1989
A survey was conducted to obtain more reliable data on Native Americans in higher education and to ascertain the factor contributing to their success and failure in college. A questionnaire was mailed to 79 colleges and universities serving the largest percentage of Native Americans in the United States. A total of 33 valid responses were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians, College Curriculum
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
