Crossing the Finish Line - How to Retain and Graduate Your Students

Implementation of a college student retention formula and success model that will enable students to meet their academic and personal goals in five easy steps.

List of contents

Preface: Seidman says
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why We Should Care About Retention
Chapter 2: The College Mission
Chapter 3: Student Institutional Fit
Chapter 4: Types of Student Departure
Chapter 5: Various Retention Risk Factors
Chapter 6: What Matters in College Student Retention
Chapter 7: What we Know About First Generation College Students
Chapter 8: What we Know About Minority Student Retention
Chapter 9: Other Considerations
Chapter 10: Most Representative Student Enrollment Model: Why It Does Not Work
Chapter 11: Seidman Student Success Formula/Model and Steps to Success
Chapter 12: Need for Competency Help
Chapter 13: Moving Beyond Assessment & Initial Placement: The Seidman Student
Chapter 14: Faculty Teaching Practice
Chapter 15: Facilitating Student Social Interaction
Chapter 16: A Word About...
Chapter 17: Other Thoughts
Concluding Remarks
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Dr. Alan Seidman is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of College Student Retention (www.cscsr.org) and Professor Emeritus in the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership and founding editor of the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.

Summary

Implementation of a college student retention formula and success model that will enable students to meet their academic and personal goals in five easy steps.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Seidman, Seidman Alan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781475838916
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3891-6
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, teacher training, Educational strategies & policy, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher