Like many other universities, much of the student life on campus revolves around extensive local outreach and retention programs.

If our business is running well, then we don't have to put a lot of time into a retention program.

But he otherwise defended the company's retention program, saying it made customers aware of features they might have overlooked.

The main benefit of such retention programs is not necessarily felt by the few students who are held back but by the many who pass.

Critics, supported by a wide body of national research, say that large-scale retention programs are expensive and in many cases ineffective.

The awards were part of a retention program that the company recently abandoned.

The tribe also operates a cultural retention program for tribal citizens of all ages, held at the tribe's multi-purpose building.

Much of the student life on campus revolves around extensive local outreach and retention programs.

Such practices often include marketing, admission policies, retention programs, and financial aid awarding.

In all, officials had set aside $280 million for the retention program.