Emerging research and practices on first-year students

Emerging research and practices on first-year students / Ryan D. Padgett, editor.

What factors contribute to students' lasting success? Much research has explored the impact of the first year of college on student retention and success. With the rise of performance-based funding initiatives, institutional administrators are taking a laser-focused approach to aligning retenti...

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Other Authors: Padgett, Ryan D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2014]
Series:New directions for institutional research ; no. 160.
Subjects:
College freshmen > Research > United States.
Education, Higher.
Academic achievement.
Educational evaluation.
College freshmen.
higher education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College freshmen > Research
Academic achievement
College freshmen
Education, Higher
Educational evaluation
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual considerations for first-year assessment / Jennifer R. Keup, Cindy A. Kilgo
  • High-impact practices and the first-year student / Malika Tukibayeva, Robert M. Gonyea
  • Good practices for whom? A vital question for understanding the first year of college / Kathleen M. Goodman
  • Programs and practices that retain students from the first to second year : results from a national study / Linda DeAngelo
  • The first-year experience in community colleges / Trudy Bers, Donna Younger.

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