Gain Access to a Comprehensive Survey of Student Retention Policies in Higher Education

Business Wire, March 26, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86565) has announced the addition of Survey of Student Retention Policies in Higher Education to their offering.

The Survey of Student Retention Policies in Higher Education presents data from a benchmarking study of the retention policies of 40 American colleges. Data is broken out for public and private colleges, by Carnegie class and enrolment level, to allow for easier benchmarking.

This 100+ page study presents data on: spending on consulting services to aid in student retention, spending on conferences, reports and other information and analysis about retention; percentage of colleges that have a dean or other high level administrator for retention; retention rates for students; ways in which colleges track and present retention data; perceived impact of financial assistance on retention; perceived impact of severity in grading on retention; perceived impact of tutoring services on retention; perceived impact of psychological counselling services on retention; perceived impact of general economic conditions on retention; perceived impact of involvement in extra-curricular activities on retention; perceived impact of the quality of food services and residence halls on retention; use of interviews of transferees or drop outs from the college; use of interviews of graduates of the college; importance of exit interviews; percentage of colleges that maintain records on students that are engaged in few or no extracurricular activities; description of college info literacy policies; percentage of colleges that offer child care services to students; role of part time job finding services; perceived importance of career services division for retention; perceived importance of the academic advising services unit for retention; perceived importance of peer mentoring for retention; percentage of colleges that intervene at pre-determined thresholds of student difficulties such as number of classes missed or low grade point average; description of college efforts to reach out to help high risk students; College spending on tutoring services; Projected future spending on tutoring services; Perceived impact of tutoring services on retention; Source of tutors; Cost of Tutors; percentage of residence halls that have student advisory centers; percentage of colleges that have hired consultants to advise on the academic advising services; Annual Budget of the academic advising unit; number of full time equivalent positions allocated to the academic advising unit; description of rate of growth in the college's financial aid to students over the past two years; description of changes in tuition levels; perceived view of the need to increase financial aid or lower tuition in order to maintain or enhance enrolment; institutional attitudes towards the encouragement of instructor-student interaction outside of class; percentage of students that need special help in reading, writing or pronouncing English; percentage of colleges that offer ESL.

Companies Mentioned:

-Appalachian State

-Austin Peay State University

-Bacone College

-Bates College

-Bow Valley College

-California Lutheran University

-California State University Long Beach

-Carolinas College of Health Sciences

-Chicago State University

-Global College

-Iowa State University - Dean of Students Office

-Kirtland Community College

-Lynn University

-McKendree University

-Monmouth University

-Moraine Park Technical College

-Morgan State University

-Mount Olive College

-Neumann College

-New York University

-Ohio Dominican University

-Randolph College

-Raritan Valley Community College

-Richland Community College

-Robert Morris University

-San Jose State University

-Schreiner University

-Southwestern University

-SUNY College at Old Westbury

-UCCS

-University of South Carolina

-University of Arizona

-University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

-University of Central Florida

-University of Guelph

-University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College

-Virginia Commonwealth University

-WV Northern Community College

-Youngstown State University

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86565