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Download full textSimmons, 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
Peer reviewedMiller, Karen; Gerlach, James – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1997
Reviews the literature related to student attrition and retention. Discusses findings from a survey of community college students who withdrew from developmental courses, to determine their reasons for leaving. Describes intervention programs that were subsequently developed, including telephone intervention, mentoring, and skills enhancement…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropout Research, Enrollment Influences
