The purpose of this study was to examine the academic history of students enrolled in a representative state university during the period 1979 to 1985 to determine (a) the relationship between student characteristics (i.e., demographic academic variables) and retention status, and (b) the effect student characteristics have on semester retention rate. / All information for this study came from (a) the Office of the Registrar's permanent file of students' records, and (b) the Office of the Louisiana Board of Regents. Subjects for this study were the 1,828 students (U.S. citizens) who entered as first-time freshmen in the fall 1979 semester at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and who had ACT scores recorded on their permanent academic records. / Student data by semester were obtained through the use of a computer read process. The statistical analysis used was Retention Analysis, an amended form of Survival Analysis, part of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), by Hull and Nie, 1981. / Analysis of the data produced the following findings: (a) the most critical years of enrollment are the first two years; (b) white students had a higher retention rate and a higher graduation rate than did black students; (c) regular admission students had a higher retention rate and a higher graduation rate than did development education students; (d) retention and graduation rates of black and white students parallel each other when considered by admission status; (e) 220 (38.7%) of all students to graduate were classified as developmental education students at admission; (f) students required to enroll in developmental English and math had a lower retention rate and graduation rate than did any other subgroup of students. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0574. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76061 |
| Contributors | DIAL, EUGENE ALEXANDER, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 137 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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