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ERIC Number: EJ421793
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0277-6774
Demographic and Academic Factors Associated with First-to-Second-Term Retention in a Two-Year College.
Brooks-Leonard, Christine
Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, v15 n1 p57-69 Jan-Mar 1991
Examines factors associated with persistence to a second term for 796 first time, two-year college students. Demographic variables correlated with low persistence were taking nondegree courses only, enrolling part time, working full time, and being over age 40. The only academic factor related to low persistence was a first term grade point average below 1.0. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age, College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Part Time Students, School Holding Power, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics, Student Educational Objectives, Student Employment, Technical Institutes, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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