Summer Bridge: Improving Retention Rates for Underprepared Students.

Garcia, Philip

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ERIC Number: EJ433111

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Publication Date: 1991

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Summer Bridge: Improving Retention Rates for Underprepared Students.

Garcia, Philip

Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, v3 n2 p91-105 1991

California State University's Summer Bridge program, a preenrollment course for underprepared freshmen that focuses on improving basic skills and familiarizing students with the university environment, has been successful in increasing first- and second-year retention rates for its first three student cohorts. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, Student Adjustment, Student Experience, Summer Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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