Understanding and reducing college student departure
Titre:
Understanding and reducing college student departure
ISBN (Numéro international normalisé des livres):
9781118209325
9781118216613
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PRODUCTION_INFO:
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [2004]
©2004
Description physique:
1 online resource (xii, 108 pages) : illustrations
Collections:
ASHE-ERIC higher education report, v. 30, no. 3
ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 30, no. 3.
Table des matières:
Ill-structured problem of college student departure -- Tinto's interactionalist theory -- Toward a revision of Tinto's theory for residential colleges and universities -- Student departure in commuter colleges and universities -- Exemplary student retention programs -- Reducing institutional rates of departure -- Conclusions and recommendations for scholarship.
Extrait:
Student departure is a long-standing problem to colleges and universities. Approximately 45 percent of students enrolled in two-year colleges depart during their first year, and approximately one out of four students departs from a four-year college or university. The authors advance a serious revision of Tinto's popular interactionalist theory to account for student departure, and they postulate a theory of student departure in commuter colleges and universities. This volume delves into the literature to describe exemplary campus-based programs designed to reduce student departure. It emphasi.
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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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Langue:
Anglais