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Direct linkTracey Taylor-Jarrell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study is to examine the retention rates of Full-time, First-Time in College (FTIC) students by academic discipline and explore what services and university policies are available in each college to retain its students. While the data obtained from the Southern University Fact book for the years 2016 - 2020 examined the retention…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Undergraduate Students, Deans, Higher Education
Roberson, Reginald K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In recent years, colleges and universities have witnessed an increase in the number of adult learners entering higher education (Hardin, 2008; Osgood-Treston, 2001). The growth in adult students attending college encourages institutions to better understand the specific needs of the adult learner population. While adult learners may enter higher…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Higher Education, College Faculty, Adult Students
Rush-Shumpert, Paula J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to understand why graduation rates of African American male students from four-year historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) within a six-year period were not on par with those of other races and ethnicities and, in particular, whether the reasons African American male students drop out rather than persist…
Descriptors: Correlation, Higher Education, African American Students, College Students
Clark, Tampa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the study was first to calculate the full-time and part-time retention rates for each category of 2-year institution and to examine the differences, if they existed, between and among the three types of colleges. Secondly, the study explored the differences in the full-time and part-time retention rates of first-time students within…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Detwiler, Robert R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The literature on student academic success of law students is limited to mostly single institution studies, and as such, a nationwide, multi-institutional empirical study of the factors that predict student academic success is greatly needed by higher education scholars, law school admission officers, faculty, and administrators. This dissertation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Learner Engagement, Grade Point Average
Lodhavia, Rajalakshmi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This quantitative research study used ex post facto data to analyze possible relationships between a discrete set of independent variables and academic achievement among provisionally admitted students at a public, four-year historically black university located in the mid-Atlantic United States. The independent variables were first-generation…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Grade Point Average, Graduation Rate, Statistical Analysis
