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5 Year Retention Plan: Appendix Table 1
Model variations of the five-year plan
 
Description Identification phase Program phase Subgroup Examples
Model Variation One
  • Subgroup easily identified
  • Intervention easily identified
  • Identification and program concurrent
  • Subgroup identification easily accomplished because group is easy to describe and discrete from other groups
  • Intervention easily identified
  • Effort within scope of resources
  • Senior Drop-outs
  • Special Admissions Part- time Dependents
Model Variation Two
  • Subgroup self-selected as program participants
  • Intervention as pilot solution
  • Identification is part of assess- ment that follows program
  • Evaluation of pilot program formative feedback to program; exploratory data for subgroup impact
  • Analysis for potential as intervention with other subgroups
  • Intervention is response to issue already well understood
  • Program easily identified
  • Effort within scope of resources
  • Learning Communities
  • Undecided/Undesignated
  • Sophomore-to-Junior Transition
Model Variation Three
  • Subgroup difficult to identify
  • Intervention complex
  • Identification of sub-group attribution precedes program
  • Subgroup identification difficult because attributes of group are unclear and group overlaps with other subgroups
  • Intervention is unique to different aspects of subgroup or has complex relationship to other groups
  • Effort strains resources
  • Leavers
  • Alternate Offers
  • IUTs
  • High Financial Need
  • Emergency Financial Support
  • Transfers
 





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