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Bauman, Mark – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Some reserve and National Guard personnel are enrolled in college. Much like those who choose not to attend college, reservists and Guard members who are students are challenged by issues of separation from family and employment. However, members of the reserves and National Guard who are college students must also separate from their educational…
Descriptors: Military Service, Undergraduate Students, Stopouts, Academic Persistence
Finnie, Ross; Qiu, Theresa – Statistics Canada, 2009
This report provides new and unique empirical evidence on postsecondary education pathways in Atlantic Canada based on the data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS). This study covers postsecondary students in public institutions at all levels of study--college, bachelor's, master's, Ph.D. and first professional degrees--with…
Descriptors: Student Records, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility
Krotseng, Marsha V. – 1991
With the dwindling of the traditional college applicant pool, retention has become one of higher educational institutions' top priorities. This study addresses the effectiveness of Western Psychological Services'"Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire" (SACQ) for providing early evidence of poor adjustment and potential attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Characteristics