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Peer reviewedWindschitl, Mark – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
Compares the questionnaire responses concerning satisfaction with first-year college students grouped in a learning team with responses of students not grouped. Examines the learning team's social and academic interactions, as well as their retention rates and grade point averages. Provides guidance for the design of learning teams experiences.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedSteele, George E.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1993
Developed Academic Alternatives Program (ALT) to help students in their search for alternative major. Compared 206 ALT students with matched cohort of 206 students not participating in ALT and randomly selected comparison group (n=206). Found that major-changer who experienced ALT program exhibited higher retention and graduation rates than did…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education, Majors (Students)
