Best practices in student retention
Edition: 2012 ed.
Publisher: Primary Research Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781574401820
Subjects: Academic achievement; College dropouts; College attendance
Description: "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.