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  • Composing Lives in Transitionby D. Jean Clandinin; Pam Steeves; Vera Caine

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 49.99

    Composing Lives in Transition: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Early School Leavers is structured around ten narrative accounts, each one offering glimpses into the lives of early school leavers from different backgrounds. Framed by the puzzling question of why someone would want to leave school early, the authors worked alongside youths... more...

  • Enhancing Minority Student Retention and Academic Performanceby Jacqueline Fleming

    Wiley 2012; US$ 45.00

    In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic... more...

  • Reframing Retention Strategy for Institutional Improvementby David H. Kalsbeek

    Wiley 2013; US$ 29.00

    Take an in-depth look at the difficulty in gaining traction at the institutional level in improving student retention and degree completion rates—especially at larger four year institutions where size, complexity, and multiplicity of structures and processes present particular challenges. This volume offers a way for institutional leaders to... more...

  • Leaving Earlyby Mantz Yorke

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 65.95

    Presents the findings of new research into the problem of students dropping-out from their courses, and provides information that will help institutions understand and address the problem. The book clarifies definitions of non-completion, looks at what influences students to leave early, assesses the implications for the institution's performance and... more...

  • Truancyby Ken Reid

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95

    Truancy: Short and Long-term Solutions is a practical and accessible guide to dealing with the problem of truancy and non-attendance. It is the first book on the issue to actively focus on solutions to the problem, rather than the causes. Full of practical examples of the latest ways in which schools, teachers, education welfare officers and LEAs... more...

  • Women's advancement in Universities, Volume 28, Issue 6by Liz Doherty; Simonetta Manfredi

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 199.00

    The articles for this e-book were all selected from papers presented at the Fourth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education (HE) which was held in Oxford in the summer of 2005. The conference was aimed at academics and practitioners who share an interest in understanding the processes that disadvantage women in universities, and in... more...

  • Breaking the Cycle of Educational Alienationby Colin Pritchard

    McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 186.00

    Shows how the cycle of educational alienation can be broken, to enable parents and schools to work together to contribute to children's educational, social and emotional well-being. This book is a useful reading for teachers and trainee teachers, child psychologists, educational psychologists and social workers. more...

  • College Attrition at American Research Universitiesby Joseph C. Hermanowicz

    Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 29.95

    Why do some colleges exhibit higher student attrition than expected? This is the first work to present case studies based on specific institutions; it also adds an important voice from the students themselves on the practical concerns that affect attritio more...

  • Recruitment and Retention of Race Group Students in American Higher Educationby C. Dwayne Wilson; Bernard Lubin; Barbara Below

    Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 75.00

    This annotated bibliography offers access to literature on the higher education recruitment and retention of six race and ethnic student groups, and organizes that literature based on five underlying commonalities to facilitate decision making about recruitment and retention strategy related issues. more...

  • Improving Student Retention in Higher Educationby Glenda Crosling; Liz Thomas; Margaret Heagney

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 51.95

    Improving Student Retention in Higher Education provides a practical, curriculum-based response to the current situation in higher education, where participating students emanate from a range of backgrounds; international and lower socioeconomic backgrounds, mature aged students, students with disabilities as well as those for whom higher education... more...