What is Retention

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Retaining a teacher in the education field for the next year and subsequent years. Learn more in: Enhancing First-Year Teacher Capacity Through Ongoing Relationships: A Teacher Mentoring Case Study

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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

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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

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Having students remain at the institution from one semester to the next or one year to the next. Learn more in: Disparity in Higher Education and the Need for Equitable Teaching Paradigms and Strategies

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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

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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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An organization’s ability to prevent turnover and sustain their workforce. Learn more in: Tailored Leadership as a Post-COVID-19 Opportunity for Enhanced Performance

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A college or university’s ability to keep students in school until a certificate or degree program is completed. Learn more in: Critical Success Factors and Methods to Increase Persistence for Non-Traditional Online Students

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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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Retention is viewed differently ay each school, but it is often a calculation of the number of students who return to an institution year after year (Roberts & Styron, 2010). Learn more in: Learning Assistance Support in a Global Pandemic: Rethinking, Reimagining, and Restructuring for Student Success

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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 percent at which fall-starting, first-time traditional, undergraduate students return to their institution the following fall. Learn more in: Empathy First: Refurbishing a Teams' Approach to Student Success

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The continuous possession and use of something. Learn more in: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on E-Learning Strata Among University Students in Morocco: Assessing Mechanics of Knowledge Reception, Cognition, and Approbation

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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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To keep or maintain, for a students to continue matriculating from year to year. Learn more in: Prototyping and Student Engagement: A Case Study in Design Thinking

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The continued and willful employment of individuals within an organization. Learn more in: A Call for Service: Examining Dispatcher Victimization

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The process by which a company ensures that its employees do not quit their jobs. Learn more in: Offense or Defense: Recruiting and Retention Challenges at ZGS

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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