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State Univ. of New York, Saratoga Springs. Empire State Coll. – 1982
This position paper was written to answer a series of basic questions frequently asked about attrition and retention at Empire State College (ESC), New York. The questions addressed in the report are: (1) What is the attrition rate at ESC? (2) How does ESC's attrition rate compare to other colleges? (3) Who are the leavers? (4) When does attrition…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Higher Education
Heath, Elinor K.; And Others – 1973
The college dropout problem and ways of solving it were discussed at the GT-70 Consortium Meetings on Student Attrition, held in Washington, D.C. in May 1973. The discussions centered around the profile of the dropout, anticipating the crisis, counseling, and alternative measures. The 23 recommendations resulting from the consortium meetings are…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Conference Reports, Consortia
Arrington, Pamela G. – 1994
This brochure describes the AASCU/Sallie Mae National Retention Project's goals, beginnings, continuing work, and participants. An introduction describes how the Project has resulted in over 370 state institutions looking closely at their effectiveness in student learning and achievement and at emerging accountability requirements. An overview…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Dropout Prevention
Landis, Raymond B., Ed. – 1985
Procedures for operating undergraduate minority engineering programs (MEPs) are provided in this handbook. The findings and suggestions presented are based on the experiences of MEP directors who have managed support programs, which focus on improving the retention of minority students within engineering. The titles and authors of the handbook's…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, College Programs, Dropout Prevention

Gardiner, John J.; Nazari-Robati, Ali – NASPA Journal, 1983
Suggests that college administrators redirect their attention from studying attrition rates to enacting retention strategies based on responding to student needs and providing a more meaningful educational experience. Several studies dealing with the development of retention programs are reviewed. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research

Browne, Arthur D. – College and University, 1986
The advantages and requirements for offering a second chance to students who have failed, by forgiving a poor academic record, are discussed and supported by findings from a survey of institutions and the results of several experimental programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission
Golanty-Koel, Renee – 1988
A description is given of a program developed to offer first semester student teachers the opportunity to become intensely involved with adolescents through a tutorial program on a high school campus. The object was to enable student teachers to become familiar with adolescent social and learning problems, particularly those of students from lower…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, High School Students, High Schools

Frost, Susan – Planning for Higher Education, 1993
A discussion of the transition from high school to college outlines three principles of program planning for this group: helping first-year students see college as the beginning of a discovery process; exposing them to intellectual issues and experiences; and helping them accept responsibility for their own future. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Freshmen
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David R. – 1990
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City addresses attrition by providing academic support in courses that are high risk for students. The program contains a number of innovative features, for example: high risk courses are identified instead of high risk students, and everyone in those courses is offered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Programs, Dropout Prevention
O'Sullivan, Rita G. – 1990
This case study describes a 2-year (1988-90) demonstration dropout prevention program, a collaboration between a rural school and a university. The dropout prevention program attempts to identify effective teaching strategies that will increase the academic successes of at-risk sixth-grade students and expand the use of those strategies among the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Grade 6
Pollard, Merriette – 1982
The design and features of a model minority retention program are discussed. Components of successful retention programs include: commitment to attract and retain minority students, ongoing sessions to sensitize the campus community to minority students, academic involvement, tenured minority faculty and staff, support services, and minority…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Change Strategies, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
Although the Chelsea project, in which Boston University has taken control of the Chelsea School System (Massachusetts), has been hampered by political and financial problems, the university is pressing ahead with educational experiments to improve teaching, expand educational opportunities, reduce dropout rates, and increase community…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement

Miller, Howard J. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Compares and contrasts the structural components of minority and general summer retention programs at 20 predominantly white universities. Utilizes the results of a telephone survey. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention
Green, Kenneth C. – 1981
A consortium program of eight private colleges in Southern California that focuses on student retention efforts is described. Each college has a retention task force consisting of faculty, administrators, student affairs staff, and students. A steering committee with one representative from each college, generally the dean of students, coordinates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Consortia, Data Collection