An investigation of student characteristics' influence on retention at a two-year proprietary career college.

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Many students who enroll in higher education fail to complete their credential. This is especially true for students enrolled in two-year proprietary colleges where almost half leave without meeting their educational goals. Students at these institutions are largely underprepared and mostly nontraditional; their attrition has dire consequences for not only their own success, but that of society as well. Because most two-year students who drop out of college do so in their first year, early identification and intervention strategies are critical for student accomplishment and graduation. The purpose of the study was to uncover key retention issues that students face at a two-year proprietary (for-profit) college and further, to determine whether or not these challenges differ significantly between traditional and nontraditional students. The population for this study was 54 students enrolled in the college's first term freshman seminar. Using age as the primary criterion, students were

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