Rethinking College Student Retention

by Amy S. Hirschy, John M. Braxton, Michael K. McLendon, et al.

Book Overview

Drawing on studies funded by the Lumina Foundation, the nation's largest private foundation focused solely on increasing Americans' success in higher education, the authors revise current theories of college student departure, including Tinto's, making the important distinction between residential and commuter colleges and universities, and thereby taking into account the role of the external environment and the characteristics of social communities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470907703
• ISBN13: 9780470907702
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"