Describing outcomes related to student retention and graduation in the University System of Georgia, this six-part report discusses definitions and assumptions pertaining to retention and compares success rates for black, white, developmental studies, and regularly-admitted freshmen students in USG senior and two-year colleges. Section 1 provides an overview of student retention and reviews findings from national and state retention studies. Section 2 focuses on first-year retention of first-time full-time students by institution, race, and admission status, indicating that systemwide senior colleges had a 71.1% and two-year colleges a 58.2% retention rate for 1992-93. Section 3 discusses multiple-year retention of first-time full-time students by institution, race, and admission status, revealing a fall 1984 through fall 1993 retention rate of 56.4% for senior institutions and 42% for two-year institutions. Section 4 focuses on bachelor's degree graduation of first-time full-time students by institution, race, and admission status, indicating that systemwide, 24.3% of the fall 1984 black developmental students graduated after 9 years, compared to 31.1% of other races. Finally, section 5 describes USG programs designed to improve student retention by counteracting the major causes of attrition, including developmental studies, student support services, minority student support, freshman orientation, peer assistance programs, academic intervention, counseling centers, honors programs, academic advisement, and financial aid, while section 6 provides a summary and conclusions. (TGI)