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Examining the Effects of Institutional and Cohort Characteristics on Retention Rates
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Pike, Gary R.; Graunke, Steven S. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
Despite being criticized as unrepresentative and misleading, retention and graduation rates are an important part of college-search web sites and accountability systems, and they frequently have been used as indicators of institutional quality and effectiveness in educational research. Retention and graduation rates are often compared over time…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Cohort Analysis, Student Characteristics, Graduation Rate