| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xv, 296 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-281) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface to Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The dimensions and consequences of student departure from higher education -- The limits of our understanding of student departure -- The goals and structure of the book -- 2. The scope and patterning of student departure from higher education -- The entry of individuals into higher education -- The scope of departure from higher education -- Group differences in rates of degree completion-- Concluding observations -- 3. Roots of individual departure from institutions of higher education -- Sorting through past research on student departure -- Individual roots of student departure -- Interactional roots of institutional departure -- External communities and withdrawal from college -- Finances and college persistence -- Involvement, learning, and leaving -- Individual and institutional variations in the process of student departure -- Concluding observations -- 4. A theory of individual departure from institutions of higher education -- Past theories of student departure -- Studies of departure in other school settings -- Stages in the process of departure from institutions of higher education -- Suicide and the study of departure from higher education -- Toward a theory of institutional departure from higher education -- A longitudinal model of departure from institutions of higher education -- Linking learning and leaving : the educational character of student leaving -- A model of institutional departure : some observations -- 5. The dimensions of institutional action -- Defining "dropout" from higher education -- The principles of effective retention -- The principles of effective implementation -- What works in retaining students -- Retention policies for different students -- Retention policies for different institutions -- Concluding observations -- 6. Conclusions -- Educational communities and the character of institutional commitment -- Educational mission and institutional commitment -- The paradox of institutional commitment and the limits of institutional action -- Educational excellence, retention, and student involvement in learning -- Leaving college and other forms of departure -- A concluding observation -- Appendix A : the assessment of student departure from institutions of higher education -- Appendix B : toward a theory of doctoral persistence -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Subject |
College dropouts -- United States.
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College attendance -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0226804496 |
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9780226804491 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 133696 |
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NZ1 4446574 |
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AU@ 000010288120 |
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