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College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success

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Subject Category: Education
Sub-Category: Higher Education

Series Title: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education

Description:

Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, many students who start in a higher education program drop out prior to completing a degree or achieving their individual academic and/or social goals. In response to student attrition, colleges have developed intervention programs and services to try to retain students. In spite of all of the programs and services to help retain students, according to the U.S. Department of Education, Center for Educational Statistics, only 50% of those who enter higher education actually earn a bachelor's degree. Enrollment management and the retention of students remain a top priority of federal and state government, colleges, universities, and parents of students who are attending college and of students themselves. This book offers a formula for student success intended to assist colleges and universities in retaining and graduating students.

Some of the leading educators who study college student retention contributed to this book. All are truly dedicated to helping students achieve their individual academic and personal goals.

Forward. Vincent Tinto
Introduction. Alan Seidman
Past to Present: A Historical Look at Retention.  Joseph B. Berger & Susan
     Lyon
Measurements of Persistence. Thomas Mortenson
Theoretical Developments in the Study of College Student Departure. John M.
     Braxton & Amy S. Hirschy
How to Define Retention: A New Look at an Old Problem. Linda Serra
     Hagedorn
Toward Reliable Knowledge about College Student Departure.  John M.
     Braxton & Stephanie D. Lee
Student Persistence and Degree Attainment Beyond the First Year in College:
     The Need for Research. Amaury Nora, Elizabeth Barlow, & Gloria Crisp
Pathways to a Four-Year Degree: Determinants of Transfer & Degree
     Completion. Alberto F. Cabrera, Kurt R. Burkum, & Steven M. La Nasa
Nine Themes of College Student Retention. John P. Bean
Pre-College and Institutional Influences on Degree Attainment. Alexander W.
     Astin & Leticia Oseguera.
Finances and Retention: Trends and Potential Implications. John H. Schuh
Where We Go from Here: A Retention Formula for Student Success. Alan
     Seidman
Epilogue: Moving from Theory to Action. Vincent Tinto

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