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First-Year, Nontraditional Student Retention at Four-Year Institutions: How Predictors of Attrition Vary Across Time

Journal of College Student Retention, 2019
This study examined the longitudinal persistence behavior of first-time, nontraditionally aged students at four-year institutions by leveraging the 2004 to 2009 Beginning Postsecondary Student data set.
Jacob A. Kamer, Terry T. Ishitani
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You Are College Material—You Belong: An Underrepresented Minority Student Retention Intervention Without Deception

Journal of College Student Retention, 2019
Declines in college persistence can lead to an array of negative individual-level consequences that can have implications for society in general. Dropout rates are higher among underrepresented minority college students (e.g., African American, Hispanic,
David A. Patterson Silver Wolf, F. Taylor, E. Maguin, Autumn Asher Blackdeer   +3 more
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American Indian Student Retention

NASPA Journal, 1995
The authors present results of a study undertaken to learn what academically successful American Indian students at one postsecondary school encounter and what persons and/or support services help with their academic success.
John M. Dodd, Florence M. Garcia, Cindy Meccage, J. Ron Nelson   +3 more
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Minority student retention

New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
AbstractAlthough there have been numerous publications centered on the Hispanic and black student and a recent increase in articles concerning the Asian student, there is relatively little research focusing specifically on retention of the Native American student.
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Faculty Support and Student Retention

Journal of Nursing Education, 2003
ABSTRACT A study was conducted to explore the relationship between nursing students' perceived faculty support and nursing student retention. The 458 associate degree nursing students who participated were categorized according to their persistence- those who had persisted continuously throughout a nursing program, those who had withdrawn ...
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Minority student retention: ENLACE

New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
AbstractENLACE has gained a national reputation for developing a model Hispanic community mentor program.
Mauro Chavez, Margarita Maestas‐Flores
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student retention and motivation

European Political Science, 2007
In the last twenty-five years there has been a significant alteration in the student experience in the UK. In the early 1980s it was rare for students either to fail to take exams or produce assignments on time or for them to fail to complete the degree they had begun.
Alison Assiter, Graham R Gibbs
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Medical student retention of intubation skills

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1989
Medical students are trained in airway management by endotracheal intubation in most medical schools. Unfortunately, little data exist examining retention, and no data exist that actually break down the steps of intubation to determine where students encounter problems.
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Belonging improves student retention

Science, 2020
Education Universities trying to increase inclusivity need to better retain students of color and first-generation students. Murphy et al. found that an hour-long classroom intervention focused on students' sense of belonging increased the grade point averages of disadvantaged students (especially the most struggling students) in the semester of ...
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Retention through student teams

Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '93, 2002
The authors report on a program to serve the needs of underprepared freshman Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) majors at Purdue University. The EET Booster Program began in the Fall semester of 1992. This program is an optional class or classes which provides assistance in first year Electrical Circuits and Digital Fundamentals courses for EET ...
R.J. Herrick, G.L. Moss, M.D. Sanders
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