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Download full textJohnston, George H. – Online Submission, 2006
A recurring issue among community colleges is the perceived high rate of attrition of their students. Summers (2000) conducted a study at a Midwest comprehensive community college to examine the relationship between student enrollment behaviors and various outcomes. He found that students who persisted enrolled earlier than those who did not. He…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Correlation
Hoyt, Tim – 1981
Data on student retention at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, are analyzed. The retention rate of full-time freshmen for each of the past five years is presented versus the projected effects of achieving the institutional enrollment goal each year until 1986. Retention increased by only .1 of 1 percent in 1980 as compared to just over 2…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Departments, Enrollment Projections
Webster, David S. – 1981
Literature on Chicano students in American higher education is reviewed and criticized. The following topics are addressed: the difficulty of defining "Chicano;" problems in working with Chicano census data; the United State Chicano population in terms of age, family size, as a percentage of all United States Hispanics, and geographical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Direct linkLong, Michael; Ferrier, Fran; Heagney, Margaret – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2006
This study extends previous research on university attrition and course completion by its focus on the reasons for attrition and tracking the subsequent enrolment and other outcomes of students who discontinue their university studies. It also looks at older students as well as students from younger groups. It finds that attrition from first year…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment, Socioeconomic Background, Student Attrition
Gosman, Erica J.; And Others – 1982
Significant predictors of student attrition, students' tendency to follow the prescribed progression pattern, and the length of time it takes students to graduate from college were studied in a survey of nine predominantly white universities and three predominantly black student universities in southern and border states. All universities were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Black Students, Degrees (Academic)
Mann, Ronald A.; Walker, J. Kenneth – 1981
Results of a recent study of attrition, retention, and transfer within the system of public higher education in Kentucky are summarized. Attrition, retention, and transfer rates are presented by class level and institution for 1979-80. For first-time full-time freshmen, the university system had an attrition rate of 27.9 percent, ranging from 20.6…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Transfer Students
