Minority student retention:the best of the Journal of college student retention : research, theory, & practice

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Seidman Alan.
Published: Baywood Pub.,
Publisher Address: Amityville, N.Y.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Item Description: Journal of college student retention (Print)
Carrier Form: vi, 312 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780895033314 ((cloth) : alk. paper)
0895033313 ((cloth) : alk. paper)
Index Number: G759
CLC: G759.712
G758.4
G755.5
Call Number: G759.712/M666
Contents: Exchange.
"The book showcases ... articles that have appeared in the Journal of college student retention : research theory & practice"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ... [et al.] -- 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.