| Description |
116 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Spending on Student Retention -- 2.Perception of Critical Factors in Retention -- 3.Exit Interviews -- 4.Maximizing Student Participation in College Life -- 5.Information Literacy -- 6.Student Services -- 7.Identifying the High-Risk Student -- 8.Tutoring -- 9.Student Advising and Counseling -- 10.Financial Aid -- 11.Training a Retention-Minded Staff -- 12.Strategies for Special Populations -- 13.Retention Rate Trends |
| Summary |
"This report studies the retention practices of over 60 North American colleges and universities, exploring the most critical factors to retention success as cited by the survey participants. The comprehensive data in the report covers a wide array of statistics and trends essential to any administration's assessment of its own retention policies, including detailed retention rates for first-year and part-time students, institutional spending on consultants and conferences, overall tutoring efforts, and the perceived impact of various student services on retention success. How does the current economic climate affect financial aid and tuition, and how do these, in turn, affect student retention? What roles do exit interviews play? What about academic advising and counseling services, or childcare services, or peer mentoring?"--Publisher website |
| Subject |
Academic achievement -- United States.
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College attendance -- United States.
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College dropouts -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2011961403 |
| ISBN |
1574401823 |
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9781574401820 |
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