student retention
Keeping learners enrolled
Student retention is a school's ability to keep enrolled students from dropping out or transferring.
Colleges track retention rates as a measure of institutional success: The university improved student retention by expanding tutoring services.
The term appears in educational policy discussions about graduation rates, academic support, and factors that cause students to leave before completing their degrees.
- tuition costsCharges for instruction
- campus facilitiesBuildings and services at school
- academic advisingGuidance on coursework selection
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
- sense of belongingFeeling included and accepted
peer support · support network · learning outcomes · mental health resources · graduation rates · social integration · emotional resilience · dropout prevention · work-study programs · parental involvement · internship opportunities · extracurricular activities · scholarship opportunities · study habits · orientation programs · early warning systems · career counseling · fee waivers
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- Rural Educationrural schools, one-room schoolhouse, one-room schools, village schools, rural communities
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- campus populationfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, undergraduates
- Faculty Trainingworkshops, seminars, orientation, mentoring, teaching methods
- retention termsmemory, recall, storage, holding, keeping
student retentiondropout
One who quits early
withdrawal · attrition · leaving · disengagement · voluntary withdrawal
student, students, studied, studies, studying, studious, studiously, retention, retain