Retention Information
ATU Focus Group Analysis
(Eleven focus group sessions were conducted to identify methods that ATU might use to improve student retention.)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education
Education Statistics Quarterly
Additional Retention Information
Retention Annotated Bibliography
Thomas Angelo's Fourteen Principles for Improving Higher Learning
Results of the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction and Institutional Priorities Inventories
Radical Course Revision: A Case Study
(An excellent article that applies the assessment paradigm to course revision. The model is equally applicable to a degree providing program or a curriculum.)