Colleges Struggle to Keep Would-Be Dropouts EnrolledDropout Rates by Selectivity of Institution

By LEO REISBERG

Institutions try a variety of new methods to raise their retention rates

The cover of the admissions brochure for Fort Lewis College shows three students decked out in their

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