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Download full textHowley, Caitlin; Johnson, Jerry; Passa, Aikaterini; Uekawa, Kazuaki – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the college enrollment and persistence rates of rural high schools in Pennsylvania; the types of postsecondary institutions in which students from such schools enroll; and the student, school, and college characteristics associated with enrollment and persistence outcomes. The study used extant data from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, College Bound Students, Postsecondary Education
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1968
Data on selection criteria for admission to small (under 1000 students) junior colleges were examined. Questionnaires were sent to 375 small colleges, of whom 275 responded (139 public, 48 private, and 86 church-related). Nine criteria were used for admissions selection: (1) high school record, (2) other standard test scores, (3) principal's or…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Church Related Colleges, Dropout Rate, Enrollment
Noel, Lee, Comp.; Renter, Lois, Comp. – 1975
This bibliography of recent dissertations (1970 to March 1975) on the subject of attrition and retention of college students is intended to serve as a resource guide for administrators and for research in higher education. The arrangement is by type of institution for which the data were collected (public community colleges, public colleges and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Horn, Laura J. – 1998
This report examines the beginning of the educational experiences of students who leave college before their second year, both those who return to college later (stopouts) and those who do not return (stayouts). The report is based on data from the 1989-90 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. First-year students in 1989-90 were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Kojaku, Lawrence K.; Nunez, Anne-Marie – 1998
This report examines the characteristics and first-year behaviors of beginning postsecondary students entering public 2-year, public 4-year, and private, not-for-profit 4-year institutions of higher education, based on data derived from the 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. The report begins with an essay that describes the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1977
Forty institutional research reports on a wide variety of subjects of concern to Harcum Junior College, a private two-year college for women, are compiled in this document. Topics of the reports include: student/guidance counselor perceptions of school objectives; library utilization; grades and grading practices; student opinions,…
Descriptors: Alumni, Dropout Rate, Educational Objectives, Enrollment Trends
