Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ536023
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Increasing Student Retention in Graduate and Professional Programs.
Nerad, Maresi; Miller, Debra Sands
New Directions for Institutional Research, n92 p61-76 Win 1996
Institutional research at the University of California at Berkeley on graduate student attrition is discussed, focusing on when students in a given discipline are likely to leave a program and factors to which departments attribute attrition. Recommendations for increasing retention are offered, including institutional policies and strategies, work with departments, and work with students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, College Outcomes Assessment, Departments, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Intellectual Disciplines, Policy Formation, Professional Education, Research Methodology, School Holding Power, School Surveys
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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