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Student Success Research References

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Adelman, C. (1999).  Answers in a toolbox:  Academic intensity, attendance patterns, and Bachelor’s degree attainment.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Astin, A. (1993). What matters in college?  Four critical years revisited.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Barefoot, B. O., Gardner, J. N., Cutright, M., Morris, L. V., Schroeder, C. C., Schwartz, S. W., Siegel, M. J., & Swing, R. L. (2005).  Achieving and sustaining institutional excellence for the first year of college.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Carey, K. (2005).  Choosing to improve:  Voices from colleges and universities with better graduation rates.  Washington, DC:  Education Trust.
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/Choosing_to_improve.pdf

Carey, K. (2005).  One step from the finish line:  Higher college graduation rates are within our reach.  Washington, DC:  Education Trust.
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/one_step_from.pdf

Chickering, A. W. & Reisser, L.  (1993).  Education and identity.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Engle, J., Bermeo, A., & O’Brien, C.  (2007).  Straight from the source:  What works for first-generation college students.  Washington, DC:  The Pell Institute.
http://www.pellinstitute.org/files/files-sfts_what_works.pdf

Engle, J., & O’Brien, C.  (2007).   Demography is not destiny:  Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students and large public universities.  Washington, DC:  The Pell Institute.
http://www.pellinstitute.org/files/files-demography_is_not_destiny.pdf

Habley, W. R., & McClanahan, R.  (2004).   What works in student retention?  Iowa City, IA:  ACT, Inc.
http://www.act.org/path/postsec/droptables/pdf/AllColleges.pdf
http://www.act.org/path/postsec/droptables/pdf/FourYearPublic.pdf
http://www.act.org/path/postsec/droptables/pdf/Appendix1.pdf

Hossler, D., Kuh, G. D., & Olsen, D.  (2001).   Finding fruit on the vines:  Using higher education research and institutional research to guide institutional policies and strategies. (Part 1)  Research in Higher Education, 42, 211-221.

Kuh, G. D. (2006, June).   Engaging learning communities:  Students, faculty, and institutions.  Paper presented at the AAC&U Greater Expectations Summer Institute, Snowbird, UT.
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/gexinstitute/documents/EngagedLearningComm.pdf
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/gexinstitute/documents/KuhsBenchmarks.pdf

Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., Whitt, E. J., and associates.  (2005).   Student success in college:  Creating conditions that matter.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Lotkowski, V. A., Robbins, S. B. & North, R. J.  (2004).   The role of academic and non-academic factors in improving college retention.  Iowa City, IA:  ACT, Inc.

Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T.  (2005).   How college affects students:  A third decade of research.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Seidman, A., (Ed.) (2005).  College student retention:  Formula for student success.  Westport, CT:  ACE/Praeger.

Tinto, V. (1993).  Leaving college:  Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition.  Chicago, IL:  The University of Chicago Press.

Tinto, V. (2004).  Student retention and graduation:  Facing the truth, living with the consequences.  Washington, DC:  The Pell Institute.
http://www.pellinstitute.org/tinto/TintoOccasionalPaperRetention.pdf
Upcraft, M. L., Gardner, J. N., Barefoot, B. O., and associates. (2005).   Challenging and supporting the first-year student.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.