Retention/Attrition Service for the ACT

The Retention/Attrition Service Report compares student academic and demographic information for the previous year's first-time ACT-tested freshmen who returned for their second year with those students who did not return.

Report contents include the following tables:

Introduction	Overview of High School GPA, College GPA, and ACT Composite
Tables 1A & 1B	Academic Characteristics: Number, ACT Composite Averages, and Percentages
Tables 2A & 2B	Demographic Characteristics: Number, ACT Composite Averages, and Percentages
Table 3	High School Academic Course Preparation
Table 4	High Schools with Highest Rate of Returning Second-Year Students*
Table 5	High Schools with Lowest Rate of Returning Second-Year Students*

*Printed reports will include data for the top 25 and bottom 25 feeder high schools; however, the diskette will include ALL HIGH SCHOOLS that provided enrolled ACT-tested freshmen.

Page section from sample Retention/Attrition Analysis Report

Page section from sample Retention/Attrition Analysis Report

Data contained on the diskette for each high school:

High school code; High school name; High school address
For your institution: Number at college X; Number returning 2nd year; Number who left campus
Students who are returning for 2nd year: No. of first choice institutions; No. of sure of major; No. of completed core courses; No. of top quarter class; No. of income below $36,000; No. of ACT Composite < 17; No. of ACT Composite > 25
Students who are not returning 2nd year: No. of first choice institutions; No. of sure of major; No. of completed core courses; No. of top quarter class; No. of income below $36,000; No. of ACT Composite < 17; No. of ACT Composite > 25

For more information or to request order forms, call the Prediction/Retention Service Coordinator at 319/337-1111.

Download:: Procedures for Participating (PDF; 1 page, 18KB); College Information Form (PDF; 1 page, 17KB)

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