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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I wanted to achieve a sky-high retention rate I'd just count my freshman retention in May of their freshman year by who registered for fall courses. Of course this would be deducting far fewer kids than if I did the count in the fall, as most transferring/bleeding happens over the summer. Or even if there was an industry/federal retention date you had to use in the fall (is there?), I'd pump up the retention by making first year courses easier, get my advisors to put dumb kids in those remedial courses, pressure adjuncts to give them decent grades, and instead of kicking failing kids out, I'd allow them to take a leave from the college to keep them "technically" affiliated and thus not added to the loss column.[/quote] Hi. I work in higher education. Schools have to do a census in October to gather their data for the year. [/quote]
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