Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition - Rilegato

Tinto, Vincent

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ISBN 10: 0226804496 ISBN 13: 9780226804491

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1994

Riassunto

As enrollments continue to decline, student retention is increasingly vital to the survival of most colleges and universities. In the new edition of his widely acclaimed Leaving College, Vincent Tinto synthesizes far-ranging research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and social community on campus.

This completely revised and expanded edition incorporates the explosion of recent research and policy reports on why students leave higher education. Incorporating data only now available, Tinto applies his theory of student departure to the experiences of minority, adult, and graduate students, and to the situation facing commuting institutions and two-year colleges. He has revised his theory as well, giving new emphasis to the central importance of the classroom experience and to the role of multiple college communities.

"This book appears to be the best compilation of ideas about understanding student departure from college written to date. . . . Tinto has pulled together a lavish variety of facts, findings based on empirical studies, theories, and institutional savvy to provide readers with valuable information that should help concerned members of the academic community better understand student departure."--John P. Bean, The Journal of Higher Education

"This book is an excellent summary of previous research, a soundly sociological volume, and a very practical guide for action. It is an excellent blend of theory, research, and policy implications. It is also incredibly well written."--Theodore C. Wagenaar, Contemporary Sociology

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Informazioni sugli autori

Vincent Tinto is professor of sociology and education at Syracuse University.

Vincent Tinto, Distinguished Professor of Education at Syracuse University, is coauthor of Where Colleges Are and Who Attends: Effects of Accessibility on College Attendance (1972).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226804496
• ISBN 13: 9780226804491
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile