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Continuing education student flow analysis

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A five year longitudinal student flow analysis was conducted on 427 students who first enrolled in a two-year college's noncredit continuing education classes. Over half (54%) of this group reenrolled at the college at least once during the five-year period, and 49% of these persisters enrolled in a college credit course. The majority of reenrollments occurred one or two semesters after the initial college attendance. Other analyses included comparison of nonpersisters to persisters on type of initial course selection and examination of credit versus noncredit persisters. Implications of the study and future research directions are also discussed.

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    Lynn H. Willett

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Willett, L.H. Continuing education student flow analysis. Res High Educ 17, 155–164 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973716

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