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JSM 2002 Abstract #300503
Activity Number: 316
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education*
Abstract - #300503
Title: The Impact of a First-Year Experience Course on Student Retention
Author(s): Andrew Braunstein*+ and Donn Pescatrice and Mary Lesser
Affiliation(s): Iona College and Iona College and Iona College
Address: 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York, 10801, USA
Keywords: retention ; logistic regression ; persistence
Abstract:

First-year experience courses are often lauded for increasing freshman-to-sophomore retention rates at colleges and universities. Among the goals of these courses are improved academic skills, better definition of career plans, higher levels of student satisfaction, and enhancement of individual-institutional fit.

This presentation compares expected retention results for a group of students who participated in such a course to actual results for a group which did not have the same experience. Logistic regression techniques are used to analyze the impact on retention of factors such as family income, financial aid, gender, ethnicity, and academic background.

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