How Institutional Research Can Create and Synthesize Retention and Attrition Information. Professional File Number 108, Fall 2008

Autor/inn/en	Williford, A. Michael; Wadley, Joni Y.
Institution	Association for Institutional Research
Titel	How Institutional Research Can Create and Synthesize Retention and Attrition Information. Professional File Number 108, Fall 2008
Quelle	(2008), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Holding Power; Student Attrition; College Freshmen; Research Universities; Institutional Research; Student Characteristics; Student Surveys; Student Participation; Learner Engagement; Dropouts; Stopouts; College Transfer Students; Comparative Analysis; Living Learning Centers; Supplementary Education; Ohio; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbeurlaubung; Studienanfänger; Forschungseinrichtung; Institutionelle Forschung; Schülerbefragung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausstieg; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Ergänzungsunterricht
Abstract	This study reports how an institutional research office at a large public research university has taken the lead to call attention to retention problems, describe attrition/retention predictors, and influence policy. Building on existing retention theories and previous institutional research studies, the institutional research office began coordinating several first-year study-based initiatives whose primary purpose was to understand and promote first-year retention. Data on student characteristics, survey data on student involvement, NSSE data, non-returning survey data, and data from various student engagement programs are analyzed and synthesized to better understand attrition and retention. (Contains 2 figures and 7 tables.) [The AIR "Professional File" is intended as a presentation of papers which synthesize and interpret issues, operations, and research of interest in the field of institutional research.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10