This report contains the retention and graduation patterns of full-time undergraduate students at Maryland's public four-year colleges and universities from 1982 to 2002. Specifically, it looks at the number and percentage of students who were retained at their original public four-year campus and those who graduated from any senior public college…

Ten-year trends in the retention, transfer, and graduation of first-time, full-time Maryland public community college students are presented in this report. Tables track students two, three, and four years after matriculation and are broken down by gender and ethnic categories. When considering this data, it must be remembered that retention,…

The Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program was designed to assess the impact of a 5-d intensive prefreshman program on success and retention of biological science majors at Louisiana State University. The 2005 pilot program combined content lectures and examinations for BIOL 1201, Introductory Biology for Science Majors, as well…