Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Abstract
As our nation looks ahead in this new century, an educated workforce is more important than ever. Yet college retention is a major problem. Last year, for the first time in 20 years, retention to the sophomore year dropped in the nation’s four-year colleges (Bushong, 2009). For minority students on predominantly white campuses – that is, most four-year colleges and universities – the graduation rate is unacceptably low. For example, less than half of black males graduate from four-year college programs within six years – 20 percentage points less than their white peers (Carey, 2008). And student persistence in community colleges is chronically low, circling at about 50% (Lederman, 2009).
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Heiman, Marcia
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"Solving the Problem: Improving Retention in Higher Education,"
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012): Vol. 8:
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1, Article 28.
DOI: 10.58809/KJTH6980
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