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Direct linkMiller, Nathan B. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2014
The prominence of discourse on postsecondary degree completion, student persistence, and retention has increased in the national dialogue. Heightened attention to college completion rates by the federal government and pressure to tie state funding to performance metrics associated with graduation rates are catalysts for the discussion.…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Graduation Rate, Nontraditional Students, Postsecondary Education
Harpe, J. Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student retention has become one of the most significant issues facing higher education. Countless hours and considerable amounts of money have been spent in an attempt to determine why some students leave college and while others persist. Previous retention studies have focused primarily on traditional students from four-year, residential…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Community Colleges, Nontraditional Students
Forman, Scheherazade West – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative study was to find predictors of student success. Using a predictive correlational design, the intent of the study was to find the relationships between the dichotomous dependent variable with the categories, degree recipients and non-degree recipients, and the independent variables, student characteristics and risk…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Dependents, Success
PDF pending restorationMorris, Cathy; And Others – 1987
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine the extent to which the college's Associate in Arts (AA) degree graduates possessed the characteristics of "nontraditional" students (e.g., older, employed, married, or attending on a part-time or stopout basis). A random sample of 400 AA graduates was drawn from the 2,829…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns
Council for the Advancement of Lifelong Learning, Latham, New York. – 1978
A chart provides information on part-time programs leading to certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor degrees that can be pursued through early morning, late afternoon, and evening and weekend courses at 13 colleges. All members of the Council for the Advancement of Lifelong Learning, institutions are: Adirondack Community College, Albany…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs
Sosdian, Carol P. – 1978
Based on data collected for the first phase of a study conducted by the Bureau of Social Research in cooperation with the American Council on Education, this report examines the education- and work-related experiences of graduates from external degree programs at the undergraduate level to gather baseline information about how well such degrees…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
