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ERIC Number: EJ616812
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Interviewing as an Assessment Tool To Examine Developmental Learners' Reasons for Leaving College.
Errico, Maryann; Valeri-Gold, Maria; Deming, Mary P.; Kears, Wendy; Callahan, Carol
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, v17 n1 p49-61 Fall 2000
States that sixty-three percent of 125 developmental students who participated in a retention study in fall of 1995 subsequently left the university, citing financial and academic problems. Recommends improving student retention through the use of early introduction of financial, academic and career counseling, and development of a freshmen orientation program teaching social and academic survival skills. (Contains 36 references.) (PGS)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropout Research, Educational Counseling, Financial Problems, High Risk Students, School Orientation, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Developmental Students