"Student retention continues to be a vexing problem for all colleges and universities. In spite of the money spent on creating programs and services to help retain students until they achieve their academic and personal goals, and graduate, the figures have not improved over time. This is particularly true for minority students, who have a greater attrition rate than majority students. Demographic information shows that the minority population in the United States is growing at a faster rate than the majority. It is imperative that educational institutions find ways to help improve retention rates for all students but particularly minority students. Retention rates should not differ appreciably among different racial/ethnic groups.""The Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice"" is the only scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted solely to college student retention. It has published many articles on minority student retention, and this topic continues to garner much attention. This book is a compilation of the very best of these articles, selected on the basis of reviews by a cadre of experts in the education field. The articles discuss African American, Latino/Latina, Asian and Asian Pacific, Native American, and biracial students, and institutional commitments to retaining a diverse student population. For those interested in this vital area, the collection will teach and inspire them to achieve greater heights and pay additional attention to retaining minority students in our colleges and universities."
By:
Alan Seidman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415784603
ISBN 10: 0415784603
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 30 January 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Correlates of Retention for African-American Males in Community Colleges Linda Serra Hagedorn, William Maxwell and Preston Hampton Predicting Academic Success and Retention for African-American Women in College Robert A. Schwartz and Charles M. Washington Retaining Black Students in Engineering: Do Minority Programs Have a Longitudinal Impact? Jennifer Good, Glennelle Halpin and Gerald Halpin The Retention of Black Male Students in Texas Public Community Colleges Frank S. Glenn Validating African American Students at Predominantly White Institutions Sharon L. Holmes, Larry H. Ebbers, Daniel C. Robinson and Abel G. Mugenda Leaking Pipeline: Issues Impacting Latino/a College Student Retention John C. Hernandez and Mark A. Lopez Stopping Out and Persisting: Experiences of Latino Undergraduates Martha Zurita Issues of College Persistence between Asian and Asian Pacific American Students Theresa Ling Yeh The Retention/Intervention Study of Native American Undergraduates at the University of New Mexico Mary Jiron Belgarde and Richard K. LoRé Identifying Interventions to Improve the Retention of Biracial Students: A Case Study Nicole Sands and John H. Schuh Institutional Commitment to Diversity and Multiculturalism through Institutional Transformation: A Case Study of Olivet College Evon Walters Five-Year Evaluation of the Student Diversity Program: A Retrospective Quasi-Experiment Vernon R. Padgett and John F. Reid, Jr. Fitting in by Race/Ethnicity: The Social and Academic Integration of Diverse Students at a Large Predominantly White University Kathleen M. Morley Sociolinguistic Challenges to Minority Collegiate Success: Entering the Discourse Community of the College John Wesley White Meet the Contributors
