Retention and student success in higher education

Author(s)

• Yorke, Mantz
• Longden, Bernard

Bibliographic Information

Retention and student success in higher education

[edited by] Mantz Yorke and Bernard Longden

（SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins）

Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2004

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-164) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

*What is the policy background to current interest in retention and student success? *What causes students to leave institutions without completing their programmes? *How can theory and research help institutions to encourage student success?Retention and completion rates are important measures of the performance of institutions and higher education systems. Understanding the causes of student non-completion is vital for an institution seeking to increase the chances of student success.The early chapters of this book discuss retention and student success from a public policy perspective. The later chapters concentrate on theory and research evidence, and on how these can inform institutional practices designed to enhance retention and success (particularly where students are enrolled from disadvantaged backgrounds). This book draws upon international experience, particularly from the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the United States.Retention and Student Success in Higher Education is essential reading for lecturers, support staff, and senior managers in higher education institutions, and for those with a wider policy interest in these matters.

Table of Contents

Prologue1 Setting the scene 2Student retention: a macro perspective from South Africa 3Access and Retention in Australian Higher Education 4Access and retention in English higher education: a parliamentary perspective 5Institutional performance 6Theory: a multiplicity of perspectives 7Reconceptualizing antecedents of social integration in student departure 8Why students leave their programmes 9Succeeding against the demographic odds 10Promoting student success Epilogue References Indeces.

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Details

• NCID: BA67723642
• ISBN:
  • 0335212743
  • 0335212751
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Maidenhead
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 180 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 378.16913
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : College dropouts -- Prevention
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23280588