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Abstract
During the 1960s and 1970s there were two primary reasons why an institution had limited concern with the retention of its students: (1) there were more students than its faculty or facilities could handle. If a number of students did not continue to enroll, it was not a problem since many other students were waiting to take their place. (2) This time period involved a philosophical interpretation of equal education opportunity and the maintenance of academic standards. Many felt they fulfilled obligations for equal educational opportunity if students had easy access to institutions. There was also an assumption that academic standards would suffer if special consideration was given to any particular group of students and therefore, all were judged by the same criteria. As a result it was not unusual to have more than 50% dropout rate before graduation (Lenning, Sauer, & Beal, 1980).
Year of Submission
1983
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
J. F. Kimball
Date Original
1983
Object Description
1 PDF file (37 leaves)
Copyright
©1983 Debra J. Albrecht
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Albrecht, Debra J., "Identification of college student dropout characteristics and retention strategies" (1983). Graduate Research Papers. 2004.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2004
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