Colleges Try to Unlock Secrets to Student Retention

Autor/in	Adams, Caralee
Titel	Colleges Try to Unlock Secrets to Student Retention
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 77 (2011) 4, S.19-23 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	School Holding Power; College Students; College Administration; College Preparation; Mentors; Student Financial Aid; Student Personnel Services; Academic Support Services; Arkansas; Massachusetts; Missouri; New York; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Record numbers of students flocked to college campuses this fall with high hopes of obtaining what many say is the new prerequisite for a middle class life: a college degree. But the harsh reality is that little more than half those bright-eyed college freshmen, on average, will actually finish. The gap between access and completion has put a new focus on ramping up retention--the percentage of freshmen who return to the same institution for a second year of college. Just as there are multiple reasons for dropping out--from money to academics to lack of direction--there is a range of initiatives emerging to boost college completion. Counselors and mentors are texting students to remind them of tests, connecting families with financial-aid sources, and guiding students through the social transition to college. Freshman seminars, tutors, course-placement tests, and comprehensive learning-assistance centers or labs are used to help guide students through the college transition. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10