Florida Community College at Jacksonville's (FCCJ's) "A Learning Enhancement and Retention Tracking" (ALERT) system is a computerized retention program which collects and utilizes a range of retention-related information to help students achieve their goals. Upon application for admission, students complete an ALERT Advising and Retention Information (ARI) sheet, which collects data on goals, employment plans, enrollment intent, and learning preferences. ARI data is used with the student record and test scores to generate an ALERT orientation profile that counselors can use to advise students on course selection and recommend intervention activities. Faculty are provided with a student profile for each course, listing enrollees, their goals, employment, and program of study. By the fifth week of classes, faculty are required to complete progress report scansheets for each student evaluating academic progress. Scansheet data are used to generate reports summarizing students' initial academic progress, and are presented to students directing them to recommended intervention resources. Specific ALERT intervention strategies include learning labs for students with academic skills deficiencies, study skills instruction, education/career planning, and withdrawal intervention. The handbook includes a copy of the ARI questionnaire, sample orientation profiles and student profiles, copies of the student progress report scansheet and a sample student report, a calender of ALERT activities during the 1990 pilot project, a list of retention and intervention strategies, and a list of faculty who participated in the pilot project. (PAA)