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Article: Remedial Education and Student Attrition.
- Article from:
- Community College Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
- Author:
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Data from entering student surveys for the fall 1993, 1994, and 1995 freshmen cohorts at Utah Valley State College and 1998 outcomes data from the college's student information system were analyzed to determine student attrition rates and their relationship to variables defined in the literature about retention models, at-risk populations, and evaluating retention programs. Based on logistic regression analysis, the author discusses demographic, goal commitment, academic, and financial support variables as predictors of student retention.
Community colleges serve ninny students who are underprepared for their academic studies. According to the National Center for ...