Nationally, retaining students in adult basic education (ABE) is an ongoing challenge for numerous programs. The problem is the low retention rates among adult basic education learners in a non-profit ABE program in a large metropolitan city in Georgia. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how persistence affects student…

The transition from middle school to high school is known to be one of the most critical times in a student's educational career. Ninth-grade students walk into larger schools; for some physical, emotional, and social developmental stages initiate; many encounter new demands of more rigorous academics; opportunities for participation in various…

This quantitative study determined the impact of Persist Nashville's support interventions on persistence to the next semester and academic year of postsecondary education. Using Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 persistence data provided by Persist Nashville, the researchers examined the relationship between persistence and the support mechanisms of Care…

This quantitative study determined the impact of Persist Nashville's support interventions on persistence to the next semester and academic year of postsecondary education. Using Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 persistence data provided by Persist Nashville, the researchers examined the relationship between persistence and the support mechanisms of Care…

This quantitative study determined the impact of Persist Nashville's support interventions on persistence to the next semester and academic year of postsecondary education. Using Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 persistence data provided by Persist Nashville, the researchers examined the relationship between persistence and the support mechanisms of Care…

The U.S. South, in spite of its racist Jim Crow era laws and political history, has the fastest growing Latine immigrant population in the country. In North Carolina alone, the Latine population is responsible for over one-third of the state's growth exceeding all other population groups. Despite this rapid-growing change, the state is third to…

Student retention has been a significant issue in higher education for several decades. "Two-year colleges" tend to have lower retention rates than four-year colleges (Seidman, 2005, ). Low retention is a problem in both two-year for-profit and nonprofit colleges. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the predictors of retention…

One of the most pervasive issues facing educators and administrators in Adult Basic Education (ABE) is student persistence. The purposes of this qualitative study were 1) to identify the experiences that African American adult learners associated with their decisions to leave ABE programs; 2) to ascertain the impact of participants'…