Motivational barriers to college completion for incoming freshmen and recommendations for action

Download this annual report to explore 85 facets of incoming students’ motivation to finish college encompassing a wide range of noncognitive concerns. This report is based on nearly 100,000 student survey responses in 2015 to the College Student Inventory™, a college completion risk survey of the Retention Management System Plus™ from Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Note: From 2006-15, this report was titled the National Freshman Attitudes Report.

 

How can colleges and universities address these barriers to raise completion rates? See recommendations for action on page 6.