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Direct linkDerby, Dustin; Smith, Thomas – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
Orientation and retention programs are common in institutions of higher education. The potential association between orientation programs and student retention, particularly within the community college sector, has long been neglected. This study presents an institutional view of a potential associative relationship between an orientation course…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Enrollment, Community Colleges, School Orientation
Peer reviewedGlass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Garrett, Matthew S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1995
Describes a study conducted at four North Carolina community colleges of the relationship between completion of an orientation by new students, higher retention, and grade point averages. Indicates that completing an orientation course during the first term of enrollment promotes and improves student performance regardless of age, gender, race,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education
