What Works in Student Retention

These reports highlight information on successful practices in college student retention based on ACT's national surveys that included more than 1,000 colleges.

2010 What Works in Student Retention Survey

Download institutional type reports in PDF:

All Colleges and Universities (21 pages; 313KB)
Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities (29 pages; 461KB)
Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities (29 pages; 457KB)
Community Colleges (29 pages; 465KB)

Download 2004 reports in PDF:

All Survey Colleges (22 pages; 138KB)
Four-Year Private Colleges (25 pages; 154KB)
Four-Year Public Colleges (26 pages; 156KB)
Two-Year Public Colleges (25 pages; 152KB)
Appendix 1: Review of Retention Literature (8 pages; 54KB)
Appendix 2: Bibliography (6 pages; 36KB)
Appendix 3: The Survey Instrument (4 pages; 47KB)

ACT Policy Report

The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention (41 pages; 615KB)

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