Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Amer Council Ed Ace (Post Acq)
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978-1-4422-1252-7 • Paperback • February 2012 • $74.00 • (£57.00)
978-1-4422-1253-4 • eBook • February 2012 • $70.00 • (£54.00)
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).
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
The ever-more challenging economics and politics of higher education have elevated the complex issues of college retention and persistence, making this second edition of Seidman’s 2005 classic volume especially timely. The chapter authors are first-rate scholars, with most of the chapters thoroughly updated and with important additions, such as the special circumstances of community colleges and the effect of technology and on-line learning on retention and persistence. This is a must-read reference for students, scholars, and (one can only hope)policy-makers contending with the immensely difficult challenge of improving institutional retention and student persistence for the sake both of our economy and of those students we are currently losing.
— D. Bruce Johnstone, professor of higher and comparative education emeritus, The University at Buffalo; former chancellor, SUNY system
As a college president for forty-five years, I agonize over the issues of admission and retention since both impact so directly on finances and upon the ability of our higher education institutions to function effectively. This group of diverse specialists, under the lead editorship of Alan Seidman, has put together a master work on the subject of retention — from defining and measuring it, to determining its past history and future promise. It goes beyond the theories, so well-worn, to projected actions in policies, programs, and practices that institutions can adopt and which help students — and therefore colleges — succeed.
— Joseph N. Hankin, president, Westchester Community College
For college and university administrators and faculty to successfully address their student retention challenges, they need to place their efforts in contexts beyond their specific institution. Seidman and colleagues, in a single text, provide a valuable historical, definitional, theoretical, empirical, financial, and practical context for framing retention strategy.
— David Kalsbeek, senior vice president, enrollment marketing and management, DePaul University