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Download full textBradley R. Curs; Casandra E. Harper; Sangmin Park – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
This quasi-experimental study examined the effectiveness of a one-time emergency financial relief program among Pell Grant eligible undergraduate students in Spring 2015 pursuing their first bachelor's degree across academic and financial outcomes. The academic outcomes included retention to the next semester, degree completion, attempted credit…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Financial Aid, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence
Direct linkAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2022
"A college degree can be a ticket out of poverty." Yet, only 22% of the country's Black population and 15% of the Hispanic population have a minimum of a bachelor's degree, compared with over one-half of Asians and about one-third of whites. Strong academic success in foundation courses and courses that fulfill general education…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Grade Point Average, Minority Group Students, College Students
Brigman, Mark C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Retention rates of first generation college student (FGCS) became a growing concern for leaders of educational institutions in the U.S. FGCS were several times more likely to exit college without a degree as compared to their traditional counterparts. The Model of Institutional Departure offered a general framework of college student retention.…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, First Generation College Students, Predictor Variables, Models
Adamson, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study investigated the extent that the attributes of incoming students and their subsequent academic and social interactions at an institution are related to community college student retention. Student data from a cohort of first-time students (N = 1089) attending a community college in southwest Missouri was analyzed to examine variables…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, School Holding Power, Student Characteristics
