Reworking the student departure puzzle / edited by John M. Braxton.

Other author Braxton, John M.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNashville [Tenn.] : Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.
Descriptionvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesVanderbilt issues in higher education
Vanderbilt issues in higher education. ^A399361
Contents Introduction: reworking the student departure puzzle / John M. Braxton -- The viability of academic integration as a central construct in Tinto's interactionalist theory of college student departure / John M. Braxton and Leigh A. Lien -- Economic influences on persistence reconsidered: how can finance research inform the reconceptualization of persistence models? / Edward P. St. John ... [et al.] -- A psychological model of college student retention / John P. Bean and Shevawn Bogdan Eaton -- College climate and the Tinto model / Leonard L. Baird -- Linking learning and leaving: exploring the role of the college classroom in student departure / Vincent Tinto -- Optimizing capital, social reproduction, and undergraduate persistence: a sociological perspective / Joseph B. Berger -- Theoretical considerations in the study of minority student retention in higher education / Laura I. Rendón, Romero E. Jalomo, and Amaury Nora -- Investigating the processes of persistence: refining discourse analysis as a tool for generating new departure theory / Robert M. Johnson Jr. -- Where is the student?: linking student behaviors, college choice, and college persistence / Francis K. Stage and Don Hossler -- A cultural perspective on student departure / George D. Kuh and Patrick G. Love -- Power, identity, and the dilemma of college student departure / William G. Tierney -- New institutional theory and student departure / Berta Vigil Laden, Jeffrey F. Milem, and Robert L. Crowson -- Conclusion: reinvigorating theory and research on the departure puzzle / John M. Braxton.
Local noteLittle-328814--305131021734U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00010641
ISBN0826513085

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Joyner General Stacks LC148.15 .R48 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold