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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1989
In the late fall of 1988, a study was undertaken of retention efforts focusing on minority students enrolled in occupational education programs in New York two-year colleges. Specifically, the study sought to determine the extent to which the state's colleges had programs or services to facilitate the persistence and retention of minority students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Evaluation, Community Colleges, Minority Groups
Download full textButler, Anne S., Ed.; McNeely, Pamela V. – 1987
This document comprises a review of the literature on the academic performance and academic persistance of young, black females and a 50-item directory of multicultural, nonsexist educational strategies and programs for this population. Each of the strategies includes the following characteristics: (1) caring adults; (2) belief that schools can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, Curriculum Development
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1994
This volume contains descriptions of programs for student success and retention at 68 state colleges and universities in the United States. Each institution is a participant in the National Retention Project, a research-based project working within broader campus cultures that are committed to providing access and success to students traditionally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Programs
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. National Center for the Advancement of Educational Practices. – 1983
A catalog of 205 descriptions of college programs to recruit and retain adult learners is presented, based on a national survey, "Attracting and Retaining Adult Learners" (ARAL), conducted in 1980 by the American College Testing Program. In addition to a brief program description, each program form provides information on the type of program, the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
Miller, Ronald H., Ed. – 1981
The issue of providing access to alternative college programs for adult students through evaluation of institutional accessibility and development of appropriate responses is addressed in six articles. Barriers that adults experience in the admissions process and in completing college programs are identified by Thomas Taafee and Thomas M. Rocco in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adult Students, Advertising
Brewer, Carolyn – 1990
The Washington State Board for Community College Education and the Washington Center for Undergraduate Education undertook a national review of minority student success programs in 1990. Information was solicited from program directors, deans of instruction and student services, national organizations, state higher education boards, students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
