Moxley, David <br/><br/>
Keeping students in higher education :  successful practices & strategies for retention / 
David Moxley, Anwar Najor-Durack & Cecille Dumbrigue. 
 - x, 195 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: the practice of retention --  The Challenge of Retention.  Keeping students in higher education: a pathway for retention.  A student-centred approach to retention --  The Institutional Framework of Retention.  The properties of the institutional retention mission.  The retention assets of institutions of higher education and their communities.  The infrastructure of retention and student support.  Student development and its implications for retention --  Five Dimensions of Retention Programmes.  Dimension 1: The scope of the retention programme.  Dimension 2: Sponsorship of the retention programme.  Dimension 3: The outreach function of the retention programme.  Dimension 4: Roles of retention facilitators.  Dimension 5: The helping process in retention --  Conclusion.  Developing the retention programme: an exemplar.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  Pt. II.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Pt. III.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  Pt. IV.  12. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0749430885 9780749430887 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001277991 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>College dropouts<br/>High school dropouts
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC148.15  / .M69 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>373.12913