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Forum on Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

Materials from the February 10, 2006 Forum
(Jointly sponsored by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy and the VPDUE)

• Student retention focus of forum (Currents Online, 2/20/2006)
• Forum Overview (William Ladusaw, VPDUE)
• Retention and Graduation Rates (Julian Fernald, IRPS)
• Views and Actions (Richard Hughey, CEP)
   
• Recommended readings from College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success edited by Alan Seidman [view catalog listing]
  • Theory of student departure from residential colleges and universities (pages 70-73)
  • Student persistence and degree attainment beyond the first year in college (pages 129-131)

• Feedback/comments from participants