College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success

by Alan Seidman (Editor)

Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, many students who start in a higher education program drop out prior to completing a degree or achieving their individual academic and/or social goals. In response to student attrition, colleges have developed intervention programs and services to try to retain students. In spite of all of the programs and services to help retain students, according to the U.S. Department of Education, Center for Educational Statistics, only 50% of those who enter higher education actually earn a bachelor's degree. Enrollment management and the retention of students remain a top priority of federal and state government, colleges, universities, and parents of students who are attending college and of students themselves. This book offers a formula for student success intended to assist colleges and universities in retaining and graduating students.

Some of the leading educators who study college student retention contributed to this book. All are truly dedicated to helping students achieve their individual academic and personal goals. A list of each and their affiliation Alexander W. Allan M. Cartter Professor of Higher Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute. Elizabeth Executive Director of Institutional Research at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas. John Associate Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University, Bloomington. Joseph B. Associate Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. John Professor of Education in the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Program in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Kurt Doctoral student and Ostar Fellow in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State Univ

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

364 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would not say that this book develops a "formula" for retaining students, but the chapters from various scholars do illuminate sundry aspects of student retention, and what administrators need to be aware of while developing programs aimed at "at-risk" populations. For me, the most important conclusion is that every person at a university has an impact upon students' perceptions of that institution and its support for students; retention is an issue all people, regardless of their role on campus, need to be aware of in order to foster a positive environment students do not want to depart from.

[Dylan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but dated in 2024.

[Mills College Library]

378.1619 C6979 2012