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Autor/in | Adams, Caralee |
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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)
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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 |
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 |