College Student Retention
Formula for Student Success
Rowman & Littlefield (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 16. February 2012
312 pages
978-1-4422-1253-4 (ISBN)
Description
Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.
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.
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.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-1253-4 (9781442212534)
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Persons
Alan Seidman is a faculty member and the General & Self-Designed Specialization Coordinator with the Richard W. Riley College of Educational & Leadership at Walden University, Minnesota. In addition, he is Executive Director of the Center for the Study of College Student Retention (www.cscsr.org).
Content
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 Inplications
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
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 Inplications
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
