EDUC 6263 Walden University Student Persistence and Retention Literature Review

Perform a review of the literature and prepare a brief paper describing institutional characteristics that contribute to increased first-to-second-year student retention.

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Scenario

You are the Director of Student Affairs at a large, urban, multicampus community college (more information on your college’s mission, programs, and student population can be found in this document).The Provost of your college is concerned about the institution’s first-to-second-year retention rate. She has asked you to investigate. The result of your investigation will be a white paper proposing institutional interventions that will keep students from leaving after their first year. In order to prepare the white paper, you will need to research first-to-second-year retention and the structure and dynamics of student support at real institutions.This week you will perform a review of the literature on student persistence and retention. Utilize the Walden library to focus your investigation on the research of Vincent Tinto and George Kuh on the retention of students from the first to second year of college. Prepare a brief paper summarizing institutional characteristics that contribute to increased first-to-second-year student retention.

REQUIRED READINGS

Note: Several articles throughout this course can be found in the Walden Library databases, accessed from your myWalden page. Select Research Databases and under the heading Search for journals, type the name of the journal in the box next to the pull-down menu that reads “Title equals.” Then search for the appropriate year and issue number to locate your article.
As an alternative, after selecting Research Databases, click on the A to Z List of Databases to find a complete list of databases. Search the database (included after each article citation) using the article’s title and/or author(s).

Article: The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition’s 2017 National Survey on The First-Year Experience. Retrieved from https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/nationa…

Report: Hearn, J. C. (2006). Student success: What research suggests for policy and practice (Commissioned report). Retrieved from National Center for Education Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/npec/papers.asp