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Download full textIkegulu, Nelson T.; Barham, Wilton A. – 1997
This study examined the impacts of institutional and instructional stressors on college students' intentional persistence. The study used a causal-comparative design with 219 students (188 developmental and 31 nondevelopmental) who had persisted beyond freshman and developmental curricula at Grambling State University (Louisiana). Of these…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
The U.S. General Accounting Office surveyed 758 higher education institutions (of which 430 responded) to determine how much federal student financial aid is going towards payment for remedial courses courses needed by new college students to attain adequate proficiency in basic skills prior to taking college level courses. In addition, nine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, College Freshmen, College Sophomores
