More than 76% of students who began college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year, according to a new report on college persistence and retention rates from the National Student ...

Florida State University achieved a record 99.2% retention rate for first-year students from the fall to spring semester. FAMU has a 97.1% retention rate of first-time students who stayed enrolled ...

On-campus engagement is one metric that can predict student success, but external factors including needing to work, caretaking responsibilities or living off campus can hinder students’ participation ...

Improving student retention and boosting admissions are important goals for colleges and universities. These tech tools keep those targets in reach. In 2025 or 2026, some experts anticipate a ...

Dziesinski found that the retention rate going into the second year for Bucky's Tuition Promise students close to the eligibility threshold was 96.6%, compared to 93.4% for the control group of ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

Grade retention, the practice of requiring students who do not meet established academic thresholds to repeat a school year, remains a widespread yet contested intervention in primary and secondary ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...