Many colleges and universities still do not understand how an SI program can retain tuition revenue ordinarily lost to attrition. The purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the ability of SI to generate retained tuition revenue far beyond the costs of an SI program. Furthermore, formulas are presented to help prospective and existing SI programs determine the amount of retained revenue SI can generate for individual institutions.
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