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Direct linkPorter, Stephen R.; Swing, Randy L. – Research in Higher Education, 2006
First-year seminars are nearly ubiquitous fixtures in American higher education, and research has documented their positive effect on student persistence. Only limited research, however, has attempted to isolate the impact of various aspects of first-year seminars on persistence, especially on a cross-institutional basis. We use a survey of almost…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Academic Persistence, Higher Education, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedMurtaugh, Paul A.; Burns, Leslie D.; Schuster, Jill – Research in Higher Education, 1999
Survival analysis was used to model retention of 8,867 undergraduate students at Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996. Attrition increased with age and nonresident status; it decreased with higher high-school and first-quarter grades, and attendance in a freshman orientation course. Retention was also associated with race/ethnicity and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Case Studies
