Student Variables that Predict Retention: Recent Research and New Developments

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AUTHOR:
Robert D. Reason

TITLE:
Student Variables that Predict Retention: Recent Research and New Developments

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Reason, R. D. (2002). Student Variables that Predict Retention: Recent Research and New Developments. NASPA Journal, 40(4), Art. 10. Retrieved September 09, 2008, from http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/vol40/iss4/art10

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ABSTRACT:
This article reviews recent research related to the study of college student retention, specifically examining research related to individual student demographic characteristics. The increasing diversity of undergraduate college students requires a new, thorough examination of those student variables previously understood to predict retention. The retention literature focuses on research conducted after 1990 and emphasizes the changing demographics in higher education. Research related to a relatively new variable —the merit-index—also is reviewed, revealing potentially promising, but currently mixed results.

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