College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success
Dr. Alan Seidman, Editor
Pages: 312, Size: 6 x 8 3/4
Series Title: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|Amer Council Ed Ace (Post Acq)
Description:
In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue by examining a number of areas critical to the retention of students, including the history, the theories and concepts, models, and a standardized definition of the term. Seidman and his contributors also lay out the financial implications and trends of retention in one of their updated chapters. Completely new to this edition are three chapters that examine several recent issues: the current theories of retention, retention of online students, and retention in community colleges. Tying all of these components together, Seidman then presents his formula and highly successful model for student success that colleges can implement to effect change in retaining students and helping them to complete their academic and personal goals.
Some of the leading educaors who study college student retention contributed to this book. All are truly dedicated to helping students achieve their individual academc and personal goals.
INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: Past to Present: A Historical Look at Retention
Joseph B. Berger, Geraldo Blanco Ramirez, and Susan Lyons
- Chapter 2: Measurements of Persistence
Thomas G. Mortenson
- Chapter 3: Retention Theories, Models and Concepts
Lonnie Morrison, Loretta Silverman
- Chapter 4: How to Define Retention: A New Look at an Old Problem
Linda Serra Hagedorn
- Chapter 5: Finances and Retention: Trends and Implications
John H. Schuh and Ann Gansemer-Topf
- Chapter 6: Pre-College and Institutional Influences on Degree Attainment
Alexander W. Astin and Leticia Oseguera
- Chapter 7: The Community College: Retention Trends and Issues
Gloria Crisp and Liliana Mina
- Chapter 8: Pathways to a Four-Year Degree: Determinants of Transfer and Degree Completion among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students
Alberto F. Cabrera, Kurt R. Burkum, Steven M. LaNasa, and Erin W. Bibo
- Chapter 9: Online Student Retention
Daniel W. Salter
- Chapter 10: Student Persistence and Degree Attainment Beyond the First Year in College: Existing Knowledge and Directions for Future Research
Amaury Nora and Gloria Crisp
- Chapter 11: Moving From Theory to Action: A Model of Institutional Action for Student Success
Vincent Tinto
- Chapter 12: Taking Action: A Formula and Model for Student Success
Alan Seidman