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A Survey Of Minority Students Who Use Retention Program Services At A Predominantly White Institution, Jamalya Luney
A Survey Of Minority Students Who Use Retention Program Services At A Predominantly White Institution, Jamalya Luney
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This researcher seeks to examine the characteristics of those minority students, at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), who frequently use retention program services versus those who do not frequently use retention program services. Frequent use of retention program was considered to be every other week or more. Infrequent user of retention program was considered once a month or less often. Data analysis revealed many similarities between the groups relating to grade point average (GPA), marital status, and housing status. Despite the similarities between the groups, there were some differences, although not significant. The mean age of the frequent users was …