First Year Experience Course: Insights From The First Two Years

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Sheri L. Erickson
Mary F. Stone

Keywords

Freshman Year Experience, Student Retention, Business Students

Abstract

Retention rates of students in a business school Freshman Year Experience (FYE) course were compared to overall University retention rates for two successive years. Slightly higher retention was experienced by the business FYE students than for the University overall. Student responses to exit survey questions were compared to retention activity to assess any potential relationships. Contrary to existing theoretical models, no significant correlations existed between measures of academic skill building and retention, and between student connectedness and retention. Significant correlation did exist between student academic expectations and intention to return.

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