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Direct linkConner, Shanna L.; Daugherty, Douglas A.; Gilmore, Megan N. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
The researchers examined the effect of a course, Introduction to Life Calling (LDR150), on retention and persistence to graduation at a private, Midwestern university. The course emphasizes self-assessment, student-faculty engagement, personal values, and the student's developing sense of Life Calling. The subjects consisted of 3338 students who…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Experimental Groups, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Kuterbach, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the most important factors in predicting academic outcomes at the post-secondary level. With an increasing number of students attending college and the spiraling costs of post-secondary education there is a greater need, now more than ever, to discern the most important factors in positive academic…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Academic Achievement
