The Retention Cybrary is an online database consisting of bibliographic information taken from literature on retention of college students. Selecting a topic will provide you with bibliographical information on related literature.

Retention Literature Subject Search Please choose the area of retention you wish to research by clicking a subject listed in the box below, then view the results by selecting search. academic achievement adjustment administration admissions adult students adventure education advising affiliation affirmative action American College Testing Program American Indian students attendance attitudes attrition behavior black issues black students career career planning case studies change of major characteristics classification cognitive ability college choice college dropouts Colorado commitment communication community colleges commuter students computer science Conference on Black Student Retention in Higher Education consortia counseling courses D'Aprix's Model data analysis data collection databases decision-making degree attainment dormitories education and employment educational diagnosis empowerment engineering enrollment environment expectation extracurricular activities facilities faculty family family background federal aid financial aid Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University follow-up studies fraternities freshmen goals grade point average graduate graduation high-risk students hispanic students holding power homogeneous grouping honor students identification information systems institutional research intentionality intervention journalism liberal arts libraries longitudinal studies major choice marketing mathematics and science mentors minority mobility models motivation NAFEO Research Institute National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education National Center for Higher Education non-traditional students open enrollment orientation outcomes outreach programs parent participation part-time students peers persistence personality traits personnel services planning policy political issues Pre-Med presidents professional development professional programs recruitment reentering college remedial research revitalization reward psychology self perception seminars sex social adjustment social norms social support groups social work special needs students state universities statistical analysis statistics summer programs supplemental instruction surveys teaching technical institutes teenage mothers Tennessee Conference of Graduate Schools Tinto model transfer students tuition undergraduate United States Commission on Civil Rights University of Chicago University of Maryland College Park urban universities welfare working mothers

Links to Retention Sites

>> Journal of Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice

>> Retention News for Undergraduates and Graduates  

Links to Articles and Publications

>> Retention Revisited, by A. Seidman

>> Exploring Retention and Attrition in a Two-Year Public Community College

Links for Academic Advisors

>> Academic & Advising Resources

>> Links to College and University Retention Schedules

>> Retention and Graduation Statistics for Nine Colleges

Links to Programs and Activities

>> Collegeways Retention Programs and Services

>> School-to-College Transition and Retention Projects

>>Minority Recruitment and Retention Services Program

>>Iowa State Total Quality Management Study

>> Western Kentucky University Retention Program

>> CUNY - College of Staten Island

>> CUNY - The City College: Access To Science Study

>> Rollins College: The Science Community Addressing Attrition in Science

>> University of Michigan: Evaluation and Dissemination of an Undergraduate Program to Improve Retention

Links to Grant Opportunities

>> The ARCO Foundation

>> US Department of Agriculture

>> US Department of Education

>> The National Science Foundation

>> NACUBO Higher Education Awards Program

>> The Sloan Foundation

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