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Educational Sociology

Retention

2007

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A Study Of First-Time Full-Time Freshmen's Attributes And Their Associations With Fall-To-Fall Retention Rates At A Two-Year Public Community College., Susan E. French Graybeal May 2007

A Study Of First-Time Full-Time Freshmen's Attributes And Their Associations With Fall-To-Fall Retention Rates At A Two-Year Public Community College., Susan E. French Graybeal

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the associations between first-time full-time freshmen's attributes and fall-to-fall retention at Northeast State Technical Community College. The 15 attributes included age, first-generation student status, gender, high school classification, race, the student's application date to the institution relative to the start of the semester, the 4 ACT test sub-scores, remedial/developmental course placement, major program of study, financial aid status, first-semester grade point average, and end-of-first-semester credit hour enrollment status. In addition to collecting the variables under study, each first-time full-time freshman's entry term and enrollment status for the subsequent fall semester was ascertained. …