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Make good use of data to retain your students
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
student affairs today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7552
pISSN - 1098-5166
DOI - 10.1002/say.30355
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , persistence (discontinuity) , plan (archaeology) , demography , medical education , psychology , geography , medicine , engineering , sociology , archaeology , mechanical engineering , geotechnical engineering
To improve student persistence and completion rates, start by using data to understand your students and plan initiatives. At Saint Joseph's University in Pennsylvania, first‐year retention rates increased from 85.5 percent to 89 percent, and six‐year graduation rates increased from 77 percent to 79 percent over a five‐year period.