ERIC ED380036: An Examination of College Retention pdf

ERIC ED380036: An Examination of College Retention

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The University 101 course seeks to create an attitude among freshmen that helps them appreciate the value of higher education, to point the way to university resources that will allow them to develop to their fullest potential, and thereby to cause more of them to survive the freshman year. This study of first-term freshmen at Tennessee Technological University in 1987-88 and the two academic years following found that 257 (approximately 93 percent) of 276 students who enrolled in the University 101 course re-enrolled for the following term, while 84.8 percent of other first-year freshmen re-enrolled. Little or no significance was found in the relationship of sex, race, American College Testing composite score, or high school grade point average to retention rates. The study concludes that when a university focuses on improved programs and services that contribute to student satisfaction and success rather than focusing on student retention, students are more satisfied and remain in school longer.

Recommendations are offered for improvement of the University 101 program. (Contains 11 references.) (JDD

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1994-11
• Year: 1994
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Freshmen, Dropout Rate, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, School Holding Power, Student Adjustment, Student Attrition, Student Development

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