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Survival of the fittest
Homogeneity indicates ability may not be the only factor in graduation rates. This is the case even in universities with a higher selectivity when admitting students. There is a need to understand "motivation"   This paper seeks to identify potential factors in motivation as a means to predict behavior. The factors identified in this case relate to early activities at an institution, such as: orientation fairs, first year programs, campus visits, and college fairs.

Cost of college attrition at four year colleges and universities
Report the looks into the cost of attrition at a university from an economic perspective. Losing students due to attrition has a financial impact as a source of lost revenue. In this report 1, 669 schools were given a grade based on failure in graduate rates, using the A-F scale as is common in the education system. Of this number, 1, 132 received a grade of F on the scale reported in the paper.

The impact of academic library resources on undergraduates' degree completion
With specificity to undergraduate degree completion, this review looks at library usage at the freshmen level of college and final implications for supporting successful graduation in four years. This question is largely driven by the call to explore the value of institutional services by supplying quantitative data, something that is a struggle for libraries to provide. This review further indicates the development of research methodologies and data gathering over the course of the last two decades, to demonstrate the value of libraries and library services to support college student success.

Return on investment
Another empirical study looked at the relationship between library expenditures, and student persistence, as well as further analyzing the number of professional library staff. This report looked at a variety of college and universities and found that doctoral granting institutions had the most significant relationship between the number of library professional staff, and expenditures and the increased likelihood of student retention, and therefore successful graduation.

Completing college
The factors that influence attrition are important to identify as they related to retention, policy development, and the university as a business. This report looks at six year outcomes for students that entered into a postsecondary education environment and discusses the potential for policy development as a result of changes in student attainment rates.