caa a22 4500 477138527 CHVBK 20180405111726.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19971201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1024903702810 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1024903702810 Astin Alexander Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 3005 Moore Hall, Box 951521, 90051-1521, Los Angeles, CA aut How "Good” is Your Institution's Retention Rate? [Elektronische Daten] [Alexander Astin] Attempts to assess institutional performance by means of retention rates, student performance on standardized tests, and other raw outcome measures are seriously flawed because such measures fail to take into account the powerful effect of student inputs. In this study, national longitudinal retention data on 52,898 students attending 365 baccalaureate-granting colleges and universities are used to generate formulas for estimating any institution's expected retention rate based on its students' high school grades, admission test scores, and racial and gender composition. Separate formulas are provided for computing estimated degree completion rates four, six, and nine years after freshmen entry. Institutions that wish to assess their effectiveness in retaining students can compare these estimated rates with actual degree completion rates. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1997 Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/6(1997-12-01), 647-658 0361-0365 38:6<647 1997 38 11162 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024903702810 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024903702810 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Astin Alexander Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 3005 Moore Hall, Box 951521, 90051-1521, Los Angeles, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/6(1997-12-01), 647-658 0361-0365 38:6<647 1997 38 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer