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Peer reviewedTukey, David D. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
Three models for calculating college student retention rates and predicting enrollments are examined: (1) the Cohort Ratio Model; (2) the Longitudinal Persistence Model; and (3) the Markov Process Model. The last is seen as more encompassing, with wider applicability range, and useful in tracking student change in major and movement in and out of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Download full textLasher, William F.; And Others – 1980
Analytical techniques developed by the University of Texas at Austin to deal with problems of forecasting future enrollments, instructional workloads, and funding levels are considered. In order to project university enrollments, Texas public high school graduates were projected. In-migration rates were separated from survival rates,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Budgeting, College Freshmen, Educational Finance
