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Student engagement can aid retention.
The new annual survey of student engagement suggested that those who join in collaborative learning programs and interact with faculty, are more likely to get better grades, be happier with their education and be more likely to stay in college.
Even among those groups reportedly less likely to engage--first generation and minority students, distance learners and adult students--increased interaction correlates with success.
The seventh annual National Survey of Student Engagement, covering 260,000 freshmen and seniors at 523 four-year colleges and universities, also found that online learning is especially attractive to adult and first-generation students. While only about 1% of traditional aged students took all their classes online, among adult learners 12% of first-year students and 7% of seniors did so.
Student engagement has a "compensatory effect" on at-risk students, such as minorities and those underprepared for college, the report said. For them, "the more engaged they become, the better their grades are, they start catching up to students who started college with a higher level of ...
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