IPAS Resources

Retention Project Bibliography

This 71-page annotated bibliography, compiled by Jeff McKinney and Pauline Reynolds as part of the Indiana Project on Retention, includes sections on a range of subjects related to retention and a summary of the literature.

IPAS Resource Guide

Outlines the first steps of the IPAS inquiry process, including identifying campus challenges through assessment, organizing to address the challenge, and the stages of action inquiry to address the challenge.

IPAS Research Reports

 

Discovering Life Purpose: Retention Success in a Leadership Course at Indiana Wesleyan University

This mixed-methodology research report evaluates the effects of participation in a leadership and life calling course on student persistence at Indiana Wesleyan University. Results indicate a strong positive effect on retention.

Diversity and Persistence in Indiana Higher Education: The Impact of Preparation, Major Choices, and Student Aid

Using independent samples of Hispanic, African American, and White students in Indiana higher education, this paper examines the factors that affect persistence in higher education for each group separately.

Academic Success in Independent Colleges: Analyses of Persistence by Indiana’s 2000 Freshman Cohort

Examines the factors influencing persistence within the first two years of college for students who began their higher education at Indiana’s independent colleges.

Academic Preparation and College Success: Analyses of Indiana’s 2000 High School Class

Examines the relationship between course work and curriculum in high school and enrollment and persistence in higher education for traditional-age students in the State of Indiana.

Persistence Among First-Generation College Students in Indiana: The Impact of Precollege, Preparation, College Experiences, and Financial Aid

Substantial research has shown that students whose parents did not go to college are less likely to persist than children of college graduates, but little has been done to examine the factors related to persistence that differentiate first-generation college students who persist from those who withdraw. Many of the same factors which define who persists among all students are important among first-generation students, such as academic preparation and financial aid. Implications for institutional practice and future research are included.

 

Hoosier Brief 1
High School Curriculum, Diplomas, and SAT Scores: How High School Curriculum and Diploma Choices Relate to SAT Scores and College Choice

Ba sed on research from the Indiana Pathways Project, conducted by Edward St. John et al., this brief high lights research findings on how high school curriculum and the various Indiana diploma choices relate to SAT scores and college choice.

 

Hoosier Brief 2
High School Curriculum Helps Indiana's Urban and Rural Students on SAT: Family Background, Locality, and the Influence on SAT Scores for the Indiana Class of 2000
Based on research from the Indiana Pathways Project, conducted by Edward St. John et al., this brief highlights research on the links between family background, locale (urban, suburban, rural), income, and academic success as defined by SAT scores, which play a strong role in college pathways.

 

IPAS Topic Brief: Part-Time Students: Enrollment and Persistence in the State of Indiana (AY 2000-02)

In AY 2000, nearly 40,000 first-year students in Indiana attended college part time. This brief explores part-time enrollment and persistence in Indiana, comparing two levels of part-time with full-time enrollment. Enrollment intensity was found to be associated with persistence, as was receiving financial aid. Sixty percent of part-time students did not apply for financial aid. First-year part-time college students with a “C” GPA in high school were more likely to persist than students with a “B” GPA. Includes six graphs.

 

IPAS Press Release

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/print/1223.html

For more information on any of the publications above, contact:
Glenda Musoba
Smith Research Center, Suite 100
2805 E Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
812-855-1604
retain@indiana.edu