Completing College: Rethinking Institutional Action
A Education book. It is a great book from great author "Dr. Tinto", which spent last 2 decades studying in depth the retention...
Even as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty years, it is still the case that nearly half of all college students in the United States will not complete their degree within six years. It is clear that much remains to be done toward improving student success. For more than twenty years, Vincent Tinto’s pathbreaking book Leaving College has been recognized as the definitive resource on student retention in higher education. Now, with Completing College, Tinto offers administrators a coherent framework with which to develop and implement programs to promote completion.Deftly distilling an enormous amount of research, Tinto identifies the essential conditions enabling students to succeed and continue on within institutions. Especially during the early years, he shows that students thrive in settings that pair high expectations for success with structured academic, social, and financial support, provide frequent feedback and assessments of their performance, and promote their active involvement with other students and faculty. And while these conditions...
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Read. Act. If you work in higher education Tintoretto is a must. It is a great book from great author "Dr. Tinto", which spent last 2 decades studying in depth the retention and persistence science. This is a great book whether you work at a two year or four year college/university. It is also great for administrators and faculty. Tinto creates an easy framework to follow. He uses case studies as examples and provides an excellent review of the literature concerning the various factors of retention. I highly recommend this book....
