Methods Used in Data Collection & Analysis

This study evaluated the effectiveness of college retention programs currently being implemented by 27 private, four-year colleges located in the State of Michigan.

The following assumptions underlie all of the data collection and analysis procedures that were used in the study:

(1) It was assumed that Admissions Officers will be cooperative and supply accurate data.

(2) It was assumed that the researcher-designed instrument validly measures that which it purports to measure.

(3) It was assumed that all statistics used in data analysis are appropriate to the level of data collected.

This study was limited to only those 27 private, four-year colleges located in the state of Michigan. Whether findings would be the same at similar private colleges located in different geographical areas cannot be known on the basis of this study's findings.

A second limitation of the study concerns supplemental data collected via the research instrument. These dat

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with one year retention programs, colleges with two year retention programs, and colleges not responding to the survey), are presented in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 lists college names, location, degree of selectivity (% of students accepted) and whether the college is rural or urban. Table 2 lists college name, whether the college is or is not affiliated with a religion, level of current enrollment, and whether or not colleges are occupational or liberal arts. Descriptive analyses (calculation of average percentages across college type) revealed the following: (1) All of the colleges with retention programs in place for two years were urban whereas only four (33.33%) of the colleges with retention programs in place for one year were urban. (2) Colleges with one year retention programs were more selective (average percentage of acceptance = 76%) than were colleges with two year retention programs (average percentage of acceptance = 85.63%) (3) Colleges with retention programs in place one year were more often liberal arts colleges (Average percentage = 83.3%) than were colleges with retention programs in place for two years (Average percentage = 662.5%). (4) Religion Affiliated/Not Affiliated was the same for colleges with on
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