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ERIC Number: EJ643340
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-203X
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Retention, Bonding, and Academic Achievement: Success of a First-Year Seminar.
Starke, Mary C.; Harth, Marshall; Sirianni, Frank
Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, v13 n2 p7-35 Fall 2001
Followed the progress of eight cohorts of first-year college students taking an orientation course between 1986 and 1993. Found that, compared to students who did not take the course, they fared significantly better in retention, graduation rate, grade point average, and other satisfaction, participation, and skills measures. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, School Orientation, Student College Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations