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The Impact Of Moderate Physical Activity And Student Interaction On Retention At A Community College, Anne Leavy-Prial
The Impact Of Moderate Physical Activity And Student Interaction On Retention At A Community College, Anne Leavy-Prial
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Student retention and persistence are key to student success. Therefore, it is of great concern to community college leaders that their students are retained. In addition to having the best interest of students in mind, community college leaders feel the pressure of performance-based funding to produce increased retention and graduation rates. Over the past several years, retention rates at community colleges in the United States have hovered below 50% (National Student Clearinghouse, 2019). The researcher of the current study implemented a very low-cost initiative with the intent of increasing retention at a community college.
The purpose of this study was …