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Dillon, Paul H. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted of 1,912 students receiving associate in arts or associate in science degrees the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) in spring 1989 to determine the length of time taken to graduate. Data for the study were gathered from spring 1989 graduates' district transcript records which contained enrollment dates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance
Download full textIshitani, Terry T. – Online Submission, 2005
Although graduating from college may be viewed as a rite of passage for better social mobility in our society, first-generation students, whose parents never graduated from college, face unique challenges to achieve educational success in our country. The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate longitudinal educational attainments of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Graduation Rate, Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies
Micceri, Theodore – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this exercise was to determine whether any of the available demographic or academic variables show distinct trends in three specific discipline areas that differ from those of other areas: (1) Engineering, (2) Computer Sciences, and (3) Biological Sciences. Using data from 39,087 SUS graduates in 2002-03 and of 324,164 science…
Descriptors: Physics, Ethnic Groups, Biology, Transfer Students
Peer reviewedSheridan, Peter M.; Pyke, Sandra W. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated predictors of time required to complete degree requirements for 395 master's and 79 doctoral students at York University (Ontario). Demographic (sex, age, marital status, student status, citizenship), academic (undergraduate/graduate grades, discipline, program type), and financial support variables (funding from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges 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. The following are appended: (1) Data for Two-Year Community Colleges with greater than or equal…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, 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
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
Fink, Gayle, Ed. – Online Submission, 2005
The NEAIR 2005 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Saratoga Springs conference. Topics include: Performance Funding, Measuring Mission Perception, Retention Research and Assessment, Student Learning Outcome Assessment, Graduation Rates and Institutional Expenditures, NSSE, Faculty Course Evaluation, Adult Retention,…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Financial Support
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1996
A study investigated bachelor's degree completion times and related factors for students in Oklahoma higher education institutions. Data were drawn from survey information on 1,399 college freshmen in 1995 and cohort data on the entire freshman population of 37,059 in 1988. Analyses focus on comparison of students' expected and actual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Advanced Placement, Age Differences
PDF pending restorationOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1998
This report provides data on student characteristics, enrollments, and flow in Oklahoma's postsecondary education institutions, public and private, including two-year colleges. Maps and tables, with some narrative, present information on enrollments as a percentage of population, rates of entry into postsecondary education, geographic distribution…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
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 two-year public colleges. (Contains 14 tables.) [For the main report, "What Works in Student Retention? All…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Two Year Colleges
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
