ERIC Number: ED577311
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 4
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Student Swirling. Issue Brief No. 2017-5
Curtin, Joseph A.
Utah System of Higher Education
The general perception of a traditional college career goes as follows: upon high school graduation, a student immediately enrolls the following year in a college or university, attends full-time, and soon thereafter graduates from the same college or university two to four years later. However, recent analysis by the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education indicates the traditionally accepted route of a college student is actually the exception: only 1 in 5 Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) students enrolls and completes at the same institution, in the same major, "and" at the originally-intended award level (e.g. associate, bachelor, etc.). This brief examines student enrollments to understand how many students entered into post-secondary education in 2007-08 and earned a degree or certificate by 2014-15, while monitoring how many of those students stayed enrolled at their original or "native" institution, completed in their originally-intended area of study, "and" remained with their originally-intended attainment level.
Descriptors: College Environment, Enrollment Trends, Graduation Rate, Trend Analysis, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Bachelors Degrees, Articulation (Education)
Utah System of Higher Education. Utah State Board of Regents, 60 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1284. Tel: 801-321-7101; Web site: http://www.utahsbr.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)
Identifiers - Location: Utah
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