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ERIC Number: EJ503544
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
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Student Participation in a College Orientation Course, Retention, and Grade Point Average.
Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Garrett, Matthew S.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v19 n2 p117-32 Mar-Apr 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, major, entrance exam scores, or employment status. (27 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, School Orientation, Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics, Student College Relationship, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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