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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Clipper Project: Exploring whether Early Engagement through Web-Based Instruction Can Help Ease High School Students' College Transition
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Bishop, M. J.; White, Sally A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2008
Colleges are under mounting pressure to increase retention rates by easing incoming students' academic and social transition to college. Finding time in first-year students' busy schedules to provide this additional support can be difficult, however. Thus, the Clipper Project set out to test whether offering online, college level courses to high…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, High School Seniors, College Preparation, Transitional Programs
The School-to-College Transition in the Context of Educational Reform: Student Retention and the State Policy Process
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Welsh, John F.; Petrosko, Joseph; Taylor, Hal – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
This study examines the impact of state-level educational reform in Kentucky on college student retention. By tracking the educational progress of students who graduated from high school in a large school district and who subsequently enrolled in a research university in the same metropolitan area, the study reveals that the accountability…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Research Universities, Metropolitan Areas, Information Systems
The Impact of Remediation on Persistence of Under-Prepared College Students
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Kreysa, Peter G. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
This study examined the influence of individual attributes, high school experience, and college experience upon persistence for remedial and non-remedial students. The subjects were 438 first-time true freshmen who graduated from a large private university on the West Coast. In addition to finding that remedial and non-remedial students did not…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experience, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate