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Peer reviewedFryer, Thomas W., Jr.; Turner, Caroline S. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1990
Describes a study of the college-related experiences of 1980 high school graduates who enrolled full time at one of six San Francisco area community colleges in fall 1980 and were still enrolled at the same college in fall 1984. Reports that 28 percent were concurrently enrolled in a four-year college. (PAA)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attendance Patterns, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedTichenor, Richard; Cosgrove, John J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
Community colleges need to adopt a broad conceptual definition of a continuing student in the design and evaluation of their retention strategies, recognizing nondegree goals as legitimate educational achievements and intermittent but persistent attendance as a valid method of pursuing educational goals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College Students, Community Colleges
