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A Comparison of Effects of Campus Residence and Freshman Seminar Attendance on Freshman Dropout Rates.
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Fidler, Paul P.; Moore, Philip S. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1996
A study of eight successive freshman cohorts at the University of South Carolina found that both participating in a freshman orientation seminar and living on campus reduced freshman dropout rates. Students who both participated in the seminar and lived on campus had the lowest dropout rate, whereas those who did neither had the highest dropout…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Freshmen, College Housing
Ten Studies Pertaining to Residence, Mobility, and School Attendance Patterns of Discrete Black and Mexican American Populations in Tucson, Arizona, Between 1918 and 1976. Volume II.
Bockman, John F. – 1978
Volume II contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study VI examines the migration of Spanish-surnamed households from Tucson's south and west sides to the east side…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational History
Ten Studies Pertaining to Residence, Mobility, and School Attendance Patterns of Discrete Black and Mexican American Populations in Tucson, Arizona, Between 1918 and 1976. Volume I.
Bockman, John F. – 1978
Volume I contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study I determines patterns of attendance at several elementary schools by non-Mexican American and Mexican American…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational History