Retention-Attrition in the Nineties. ERIC Digest.

Autor/in	Brawer, Florence B.
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA.
Titel	Retention-Attrition in the Nineties. ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1996), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Community Colleges; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Educational Trends; Intervention; Mentors; School Holding Power; School Orientation; Student Attrition; Teacher Student Relationship; Two Year Colleges; Withdrawal (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsentwicklung; Schülerbeurlaubung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Kursabbruch
Abstract	Concern about retention and attrition rates in higher education have increased over the years and efforts to identify and treat potential dropouts have grown considerably. Studies investigating the retention and attrition of community college students have found specific characteristics related to outcomes, including full- or part-time attendance, age, employment status, grade point average, being a member of an ethnic minority other than Asian, family obligations, financial concerns, and gender. Since determining predictive characteristics can be difficult, intervention strategies represent an alternative way of approaching retention and attrition and may have greater impact in the long run. Strategies that are widely used and demonstrate the greatest impact include orientation programs, mentoring programs, and multiple strategy approaches combining various efforts. Studies have shown that completion of an orientation program promotes and improves student performance. Faculty and peer mentoring programs aim to improve teacher-student interaction through the use of guidebooks, workshops, tutorial programs, and other academic and social support strategies. Multiple strategy efforts in place at community colleges include the use of campus-wide handbooks of student retention strategies; women's centers to provide support to non-traditional, female students; freshman seminars to promote supportive relationships among students and student-faculty interaction; and the implementation of college funded work-study for on-campus employment. Contains 16 references. (TGI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC