Student Retention

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This paper discusses the problem of student retention for institutions of higher learning. The paper first discusses the factors that contribute to low retention levels, from the point of view of the institution and the individual. The paper then looks at ways that may improve the situation. It focuses specifically on personal coaching as a means of helping individuals set their personal and career goals.

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"Presently, the main problem facing the coaching industry is the lack empirical research supporting the efficacy of coaching. The personal advantages of coaching remain mostly anecdotal in nature and the majority of studies done to date are based on phenomenological research. Grant (2004) argues that coaching has outgrown its current proprietary knowledge-based status, and many coaches are advocating a shift toward more research that will provide theoretically grounded, evidence-based knowledge to support it. It is necessary to collect and analyze what is presently known about coaching into a coherent, well-defined body of knowledge with shared terminology and theoretical base so that consumers, researchers, professional associations and interested individuals can have a concrete and verifiable source of information to which they can turn. Life coaching is a supportive intervention that, when utilized to enhance performance and achieve satisfaction, holds the potential to prevent dysfunction and enhance the quality of life for many. To assure that life coaching will have a positive social impact, more empirical outcome studies are needed to validate its usefulness and provide evidence based knowledge for both consumers and coaches (Maynard, 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Academic Advising for Student Success: A System of Shared Responsibility ERIC Educational Reports by Susan H. Frost http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pric/is_199111/ai_1862834705
• Holding power of internships: analyzing retention in a school-to-career program, The Community College Enterprise, The, Fall 2004 by Ryken, Amy E

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