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Download full textAcevedo, Fernando – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2023
In the last 40 years in much of the western world dropout rates in higher education have remained almost unchanged. Although student retention seems to be the most studied and discussed aspect, nearly every empirical study on the causes of dropout in higher education and even more the impact of retention actions carried out by universities, in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Foreign Countries
Direct linkVenegas-Muggli, Juan I. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2020
This paper examines the role of sociodemographic characteristics on non-traditional mature freshmen higher education dropout rates. One of Chile's largest higher education institutions, which has an important number of mature students from more deprived social sectors, was used as a case study. A quantitative methodology was applied, based on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Nontraditional Students
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2018
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2017
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Koljatic, Mladen; Silva, Monica – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The article describes a test-blind admission initiative in a Chilean research university aimed at expanding the inclusion of talented, albeit educationally and socially disadvantaged, students. The outcomes of the test-blind admission cohort were compared with those of students admitted via the regular admission procedure to the same academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research Universities, College Admission
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2016
The 2016 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report is the 12th annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. These priorities were developed by the 2003 LR 174 Higher Education Task…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment, College Attendance
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2015
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2011
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2014
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2010
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and successfully…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2013
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Complete College America, 2011
Unless the United States moves with urgency, today's young people will be the first generation in American history to be less educated than their predecessors. Consider this a sobering wake-up call--and an urgent appeal for action now. In this report, one will get an unprecedented look behind the ivy-covered walls of America's public colleges and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Public Colleges, Remedial Instruction
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2012
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
McDermott, Marie; Lichtenstein, Pauline – 1974
This report presents retention rates of the 1964 through 1969 Hofstra freshman classes 5 years after entry. Data indicates: (1) Hofstra's persistence rate for the 1966 freshmen was comparable to the national retention rate. (2) There has been a downward trend in Hofstra's persistence rate as demonstrated by the figures for the 1964 throught 1969…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance, College Freshmen
Higher Education Research Inst., Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 2003
This report explains using data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) to evaluate undergraduate persistence. A recent study (A. Astin and I. Oseguera) has found that two-thirds of the variation among institutions in degree completion rates is attributable to differences in their entering classes rather than to differences in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Colleges, Data Analysis
