What is Retention

The number of learners or students who progress from one part of an educational program to the next. Learn more in: Student Retention in Online Education

Similar to persistence, this term typically refers to whether students finish their degrees or programs. Learn more in: Completion Rates and Distance Learners

In employment, the rate at which the currently workforce remains employed with the organization. Learn more in: Organizational Commitment: A Qualitative Assessment of Training Programs

The capacity of students to keep learning material in their memory. Learn more in: Using Motivational Modelling With an App Designed to Increase Student Performance and Retention

Ability of organizations to keep employees. Learn more in: Work-Life Balance and Its Impact on Upward Career Mobility of Women Employees in the Banking Sector

The ability of a program or university to keep students from leaving a degree program to pursue some other activity. Learn more in: Time to Graduation of Three Different Master’s Degrees in Psychology at a Public University

The commitment of information to long-term memory so that it can be retrieved later. Learn more in: Using Technology to Promote Student Ownership of Retrieval Practice

The duration of time for which a teaching candidate pursues training within a teacher preparation program or for which a teacher remains teaching in a particular school, district, or at all. Learn more in: A Call for Mixed Methods in Evaluating Teacher Preparation Programs

Institutional measure of student persistence at a college or university until the completion of the degree. Learn more in: Engaging Millennial Students Through Social Media Usage and Its Impact on HBCU Persistence

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The capacity to hold or retain a pollutant. Learn more in: Determination of Retention Efficiency of Kimondi Wetland in North Nandi District in Kenya

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The continuous enrollment of students from one fall semester to the following fall semester. Learn more in: Do Student-Written Responses to Reflection Questions Predict Persistence and Performance in Online Courses?: A Text Analysis Approach

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Student attrition rates have been one of the most critical issues in higher education for decades. As students fail to persist at higher education institutions, there are impacts on both the academic and social environments. Student persistence also plays a major role in institutions’ financial planning and job opportunities (Burke, 2019). Learn more in: What the Future Holds

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Often synonymous with persistence, however it differs in that it is better defined as the year-to-year participation of a student at the same institution or program (Barefoot, 2004 AU77: The in-text citation "Barefoot, 2004" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Asynchronicity, Access, and Attainment: Best Practices of an Adult Degree Completion Program

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action of absorbing/holding information. Learn more in: Personalisation of 3D Virtual Spaces for Enhanced Ubiquitous Learning

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Retention is the process by which students in higher education acquire an institutional fit, exhibit loyalty, and remain enrolled until graduation. Learn more in: The Relationship between Individual Student Attributes and Online Course Completion

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The rate at which students persist or move forward in an educational program. This rate includes the number of students seeking a degree for the first time, students who were enrolled from the previous year and have re-enrolled in the current year. Learn more in: Minority STEM Students' Perspectives on Their Persistence in College

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Metric and term reflecting employees who persist – remain employed -- with an organization. Learn more in: The Impact of Improved Organizational Citizenship on Employee Retention

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The process of retaining employees within the organisation and preventing them from leaving due to some or the other reasons. Learn more in: Disruption in HR Through Inclusive Emotional Culture: Key to Sustainable Growth in Indian Businesses

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The description of successful academic progress in the doctoral program. This term is often used interchangeably with persistence (see above). Learn more in: The Impact of a Cohort Model for Online Doctoral Student Retention and Success

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The completion of a higher education degree program. Learn more in: The Mentoring and Connectivism of African American Male Students Who Participate in Recreational Sports Programs

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