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Data to Action: Freshman Retention Project
University Studies Assessment Research
  • Mirela Blekic, Portland State University
  • James Ofsink, Portland State University
  • Sukhwant Jhaj, Portland State University
  • Dan Fortmiller, Portland State University
  • Rowanna L. Carpenter, Portland State University
  • Paloma Harrison, Portland State University
  • Martha Dyson, Portland State University
  • Becki Ingersoll, Portland State University
  • Becky Sanchez, Portland State University
  • Robert Mercer, Portland State University
  • Amanda Nguyen, Portland State University
  • Louise McDonald, Portland State University
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-1-2012
Program Level
Freshman Inquiry
Subjects
  • Program evaluation in education,
  • Curriculum-based assessment
Abstract

About 10% of freshmen students who are admitted in fall do not transition to winter term and about 15-20% of the students who complete their freshmen year do not return the following fall. In addition, students who have major concerns about financing their education and students who are not sure about their plans (as identified in FRINQ Prior Learning Survey) tend to leave at a higher rate. Similarly, students with HS GPA below 3.0 and conditionally admitted students tend to leave at a higher rate. Finally, about 80% of the students who indicate (in the FRINQ End-of-Year Survey) they are not planning to return the following fall, do not come back. These projects are designed to intervene with students at critical junctions in their educational experience at Portland State University and offer financial awards as needed once academic plans have been created.

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See below for the accompanying presentation: Data to Action: Freshmen Retention Project

Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27871
Citation Information
Mirela Blekic, James Ofsink, Sukhwant Jhaj, Dan Fortmiller, et al.. "Data to Action: Freshman Retention Project" (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rowanna-carpenter/18/