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Raising the bar on college completion: New benchmarks provide standards for progress

January 30, 2013

Fred Longenecker shares findings from the soon-to-be-released 2013 Student Retention Indicators Benchmark Report and discusses how the data can be used for college completion goal-setting on your campus.

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Are you setting realistic goals for first-to-second-year retention?

November 26, 2012

Is your campus prepared to meet its student retention goals? Fred Longenecker looks at trends for first-to-second-year retention rates among four-year institutions.

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Reader poll: Which higher education topics matter most to you?

October 16, 2012

Help us improve our blog content by providing valuable feedback on which topics you’re most interested in.

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What these college freshmen want but aren’t getting by mid-year: Findings from a new Noel-Levitz report

September 20, 2012

Fred Longenecker examines new data from the Freshman Attitudes and Needs at Mid-Year report, which identify gaps in the types of assistance freshmen students want from those they receive by the end of their first semester.

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Five financial realities facing today’s college students

September 19, 2012

Fred Longenecker analyzes the current financial situations of incoming college freshmen by looking at the latest Noel-Levitz research data.

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