Factors That Contribute to the Likeliness of Academic Recovery

Institutions of higher education invest a lot of resources into supporting and retaining students, and most colleges and universities offer systems of support for students who struggle academically in the form of support programs for students on academic probation. This study aimed to determine the demographic factors that potentially contribute to an individual’s likeliness to academically recover from academic probation, as well as the likeliness that they will be retained to the semester following being placed on academic probation. The students sample included in this analysis were freshman students on academic probation at five institutions within a state system of higher education. The study reviewed three years’ worth of archival data on probation students’ academic performance at these five participating institutions