ERIC Number: EJ1133252
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-2157-6254
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A Different Viewpoint on Student Retention
Swail, Watson Scott
Higher Learning Research Communications, v4 n2 p18-25 Jun 2014
Although student retention, persistence, and graduation is a high priority for institutions and policymakers, graduation rates are not improving. Nowadays, more students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds have access to traditional higher education. In this essay, the author argues that an educational system that fails to prepare many students for higher education and the growing costs of attending college are making it more and more difficult for many students to persist and graduate. He concludes by stating that ultimately, we might need to decide, on a policy basis, who we want to go to college, who we want to succeed, and who will pay for it.
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, First Generation College Students, Low Income Students, Access to Education, Costs, Educational Policy, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Selective Admission, Dropouts, Tuition, Paying for College, Educational Finance, At Risk Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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