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Download full textACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Community Colleges with greater than or equal to 20% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for four year colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Black students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four Year Colleges and Universities with greater…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four-Year Colleges/Universities with greater than or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Enrollment Trends
Kenny, Maureen E.; Stryker, Sonia – 1994
The social network characteristics of a culturally and racially diverse group of first-year college students (n=208) and white students (n=84) attending the same college were examined at the time of college entry and at the beginning of the second semester. Relationships between network characteristics and college adjustment in the second semester…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Environment
Harris, Dolores M. – 1990
Glassboro State College (New Jersey) has developed an institution-wide comprehensive, coordinated program based on the concept of early provision of quality services and programs to provide students with positive linkages to the institution. Persistence to graduation is the long-term goal of the retention program. Additional goals include…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Desegregation, College Environment, College Freshmen
Gardenhire, John Fouts – 1996
Laney's Success Model for First-Year Students attempts to increase retention by accommodating students and encouraging learning. It requires an institutional commitment for student academic success and tries to dispel the forces of attrition: academic boredom, difficulty adjusting to college life, and academic underpreparedness. The first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
Hankin, Joseph N., Ed. – 1996
Focusing on community colleges' role in enrolling students for their first year of postsecondary education, this monograph provides 17 essays on characteristics, programs, and outcomes related to students' freshman year. The following essays are included: (1) "The Freshman Year Experience: A Philosophy for Higher Education in the New Millennium,"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education)
Direct linkUpcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; Gardner, John N., Ed.; Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, this book includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. Following the introduction, "The First Year of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Faculty Development, Urban Universities, Supplementary Education
Klein, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The administrators and faculties of higher educational institutions are frequently so engaged in the problems of individual institutions that they do not find time nor occasion to take stock at periodic intervals of the activities and general progress of the universities and colleges of the United States. The author was tasked to prepare this…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Glennen, Robert E., Ed.; Vowell, Faye N., Ed. – 1995
The 22 papers of this monograph review academic advising from the perspective of three types of campus activities: administrative support services, academic advising services, and student support services. The papers include: (1) "Obtaining Presidential Support for Advising" (Robert E. Glennen); (2) "Faculty Affairs" (David H. Goldenberg and Steve…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Athletics, Career Planning, College Faculty
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year public colleges. (Contains 14 tables.) [For the main report, "What Works in Student Retention? All…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year private colleges, and contains the following sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Executive Summary; (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
