This chapter of the study reports the findings of all conducted analyses. Findings are reported in terms of their relevance for program type, first-year program effectiveness, and second-year program effectiveness. In addition, findings are discussed in terms of whether or not they supported the study's research hypotheses. This chapter presents the findings observed through analyses conducted of collected data. In order to expedite understanding two preliminary points are mentioned concerning the data. First, it should be noted that 20 of the 27 colleges returned completed questionnaires for a response rate of 74 percent. According to Borg and Gall (1977), any response rate over 60 percent may be considered sufficiently high so that data are representative. Thus, this response rate may be considered acceptable.
The second point concerns the analyses conducted to compare data collected prior to the implementation of the retention program with data collected two years after the implementation of the retention program. Only 8 of the 20 responding colleges had retention programs that had been in place long enough so that they had collected two years worth of after-program data. Thus, analyses conducted at the two year level, only covers this small sample.
The study was designed to obtain sufficient information about the different types of retention programs in use to answer several research questions and to test several
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