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Keeping students in higher education : successful practices & strategies for retention / David Moxley, Anwar Najor-Durack & Cecille Dumbrigue.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Sterling, VA : Kogan Page ; Stylus Pub, 2001Description: x, 195 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0749430885
  • 9780749430887
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 373.12913
LOC classification:
  • LC148.15 .M69 2001
Contents:
Introduction: the practice of retention -- Pt. I. The Challenge of Retention. 1. Keeping students in higher education: a pathway for retention. 2. A student-centred approach to retention -- Pt. II. The Institutional Framework of Retention. 3. The properties of the institutional retention mission. 4. The retention assets of institutions of higher education and their communities. 5. The infrastructure of retention and student support. 6. Student development and its implications for retention -- Pt. III. Five Dimensions of Retention Programmes. 7. Dimension 1: The scope of the retention programme. 8. Dimension 2: Sponsorship of the retention programme. 9. Dimension 3: The outreach function of the retention programme. 10. Dimension 4: Roles of retention facilitators. 11. Dimension 5: The helping process in retention -- Pt. IV. Conclusion. 12. Developing the retention programme: an exemplar.
Summary: "This text examines the issues surrounding student drop-outs and presents a practical guide to identifying reasons for drop out and developing solutions to the problem of retaining students in higher education."--Publisher description.
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Includes index.

Introduction: the practice of retention -- Pt. I. The Challenge of Retention. 1. Keeping students in higher education: a pathway for retention. 2. A student-centred approach to retention -- Pt. II. The Institutional Framework of Retention. 3. The properties of the institutional retention mission. 4. The retention assets of institutions of higher education and their communities. 5. The infrastructure of retention and student support. 6. Student development and its implications for retention -- Pt. III. Five Dimensions of Retention Programmes. 7. Dimension 1: The scope of the retention programme. 8. Dimension 2: Sponsorship of the retention programme. 9. Dimension 3: The outreach function of the retention programme. 10. Dimension 4: Roles of retention facilitators. 11. Dimension 5: The helping process in retention -- Pt. IV. Conclusion. 12. Developing the retention programme: an exemplar.

"This text examines the issues surrounding student drop-outs and presents a practical guide to identifying reasons for drop out and developing solutions to the problem of retaining students in higher education."--Publisher description.

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