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Student Retention

Student Retention is the academic concept referring to the institutional capacity and strategic processes within Enrollment Management that ensure enrolled students persist continuously toward degree completion at a specific educational venue or course level.

6.3K

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401.9K

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12K

Authors

2.6K

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1.4K

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Publications

6.3K

Dropout from Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research

Vincent Tinto · Review of Educational Research · 1975 · 7.4K citations

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Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition

John P. Bean, Vincent Tinto · The Journal of Higher Education · 1988 · 6.7K citations

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How College Affects Students.

Robert D. Brown, Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini · The Journal of Higher Education · 1992 · 3.2K citations

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Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences

Shelley J. Correll, Elaine Seymour, Nancy M. Hewitt · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1997 · 3.1K citations

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Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition

Stanley Schwartz, Vincent Tinto · Academe · 1987 · 2.8K citations

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Authors

12K

  1. ET
    Ernest T. Pascarella

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    40 publications · 12.6K citations

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  2. PT
    Patrick T. Terenzini

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    23 publications · 10K citations

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  3. VT
    Vincent Tinto

    Syracuse University, United States

    22 publications · 27.7K citations

    21

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  4. JP
    John P. Bean

    Indiana University, United States

    20 publications · 14.8K citations

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  5. JM
    John M. Braxton

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    19 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

2.6K

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    31 h-index

    88 publications

    17.6K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    30 h-index

    167 publications

    8.3K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    30 h-index

    80 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    28 h-index

    96 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    27 h-index

    77 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    25 h-index

    64 publications

    5.6K citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    24 h-index

    90 publications

    9.2K citations

  8. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    24 h-index

    58 publications

    3.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice

    CSR · 313 publications · 18.1K citations

    67

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  2. Research in Higher Education

    134 publications · 14.6K citations

    66

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  3. The Journal of Higher Education

    JHE · 133 publications · 29.5K citations

    64

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  4. Journal of college student development

    JCSD · 89 publications · 7.6K citations

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