Table 1. Percentage of first-year students who maintained continuous enrollment through the end of the sophomore year by cohort, student group, and condition.
|
Continuous enrollment: End of second year |
Socially advantaged students |
Socially disadvantaged students |
| Prior cohort (no intervention; N = 1984) |
81% | 82% |
| Randomized cohort, control condition (N = 542) |
78% | 77% |
| Randomized cohort, treatment condition (N = 521) |
81% | 88%*** |
| Subsequent cohort (no intervention; N = 2110) |
79% | 76% |
***P < 0.001, statistically different from untreated socially disadvantaged students in the randomized control condition as well as those in the two campus-wide no-treatment cohorts.