College student retention : formula for student success / [edited by] Alan Seidman.

College student retention : formula for student success /

"Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, about 50% of students who start in a higher education program drop out before completion of the degree. As enrollment and retention remain top priorities for universities, colleges, governments, parents, and students thems...

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Other Authors: Seidman, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Published in partnership with the American Council on Education, ©2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:American Council on Education series on higher education (2009)
Subjects:
College attendance > United States.
College dropouts > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Past to present
  • Measurements of persistence
  • Retention theories, models, and concepts
  • How to define retention
  • Finances and retention
  • Pre-college and institutional influences on degree attainment
  • The community college
  • pathways to a four-year degree
  • Online student retention
  • Student persistence and degree attainment beyond the first year in college
  • Moving from theory to action
  • Taking action.

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