Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of Best Practices in Student Retention, 2019-20 Edition ISBN 978-157440-597-2
 
This 143 page report is based on data from 43 colleges about their retention rates and practices.  The study gives detailed data on retention rates for undergraduates students, graduate students, over age 30 students, freshmen, distance learning students, international students and others.  In addition it brings you the opinions – both aggregated in statistical tables and presented verbatim – of a broad range of retention practitioners on what works and what does not work.  Retention deans and directors give their opinion of the impact of financial aid, academic advising, tutoring services, psychological counselling, information literacy, physical campus facilities – and many other factors – on student retention.

The report also presents data on the campus retention infrastructure including data on the number and type of schools with a chief retention administrator and spending levels on retention consulting.   Participants also comment on their most successful retention initiatives with various students cohorts including disabled students, ethnic and racial minorities, sophomores and other cohorts.  

Data in the report is broken down by type and size of college, for public and private colleges and universities, and by level of tuition.  

Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:

Student financial difficulties account for a mean of 41.53% of student drop-outs, survey respondents estimated; the median was 35.00%, the maximum estimate was 90.00%, and the minimum was 10.00%.

Access to tutoring services had a significant impact on retention, according to 57.14% of all respondents; 33.33% said that this access had some impact; 7.14% said that this access does not have much of an impact, 2.38% gave no answer, and 0.00% said that it has a dramatic impact. 

Spending on retention consulting services was still minimal but was expected to more or less double in the next year with public colleges leading the way, Small colleges still do not plan to spend much but medium sized colleges with from 3,000 to 7,000 students appear ready to step up spending.

A PDF edition of the report is available from Primary Research Group and a print edition is in production and will be available for shipment on September 4, 2019.  For a table of contents, excerpt and full institutional list of survey participants visit the product page for this report on our website at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=572

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James Moses, Research Director
Primary Research Group Inc.
2585 Broadway #156
New York, New York 10025

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