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  • Completing College

    Rethinking Institutional Action

    by Vincent Tinto ...
    Even as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty years, it is still the case that nearly half of all college students in the United States will not complete their degree within six years. It is clear that much remains to be done toward improving student success. For more than twenty years, Vincent Tinto’s pathbreaking book Leaving College has been recognized ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • College Student Retention

    Formula for Student Success

    by Alexander W. Astin, Joseph B. Berger, Erin W. Bibo, Kurt R. Burkum, Alberto F. Cabrera, Gloria Crisp, Ann Gansemer-Topf, Steven M. LaNasa, Susan Lyons, Liliana Mina, Lonnie Morrison0, Thomas G. Mortenson1, Leticia Oseguera2, Geraldo Blanco Ramírez3, Daniel W. Salter4, John H. Schuh5, Loretta Silverman6, Vincent Tinto7, Amaury Nora8, Alan Seidman9 ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue by examining a number of areas critical to the retention of students, including the history, the theories ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    From One School to Many

    by Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, Hugh Mehan ...
    In an effort to improve student achievement, thousands of US schools have adopted school reform models devised externally by universities and other organizations. Such models have been successful in improving individual schools or groups of schools, but what happens when educational reform attempts to extend from one school to many?Through qualitative data from several studies, this book explores ... Read more

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  • Advancing Youth Work

    Current Trends, Critical Questions

    Edited by Dana Fusco ...
    This path-breaking book brings together an international list of contributors to collectively articulate a vision for the field of youth work, sharing what they have learned from decades of experience in the training and education of youth workers. Carefully designed evaluation and research studies have legitimized the learning potential of youth programs and non-school organizations over the last ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Six Steps to Preparing Exemplary Principals and Superintendents

    Leadership Education at Its Best

    by Mario S. Torres Jr., John Hoyle ...
    Six Steps to Preparing Exemplary Principals and Superintendents is the first book to inspire and guide professors and program administrator's proven ways to prepare exemplary principals and superintendents for schools. The authors review issues surrounding extreme criticism of leadership education and counter with positive new research and practices that clearly highlight successful programs that ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Organizations

    Structures, Processes and Outcomes

    by Pamela S. Tolbert, Richard H. Hall ...
    Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society. ... Read more

    $160.00 USD

  • Helping Sophomores Succeed

    Understanding and Improving the Second Year Experience

    by Mary Stuart Hunter, John N. Gardner, Scott E. Evenbeck, Jerry A. Pattengale, Molly Schaller, Laurie A. Schreiner, Barbara F. Tobolowsky ...
    Helping Sophomores Succeed offers an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the common challenges that arise in a student's second year of college. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina's National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience® and Students in Transition, this groundbreaking book offers an examination of second-year student success and satisfaction using both quantitative ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs

    A Guide for Practitioners

    by Gerald M. Greenfield, Jennifer R. Keup, John N. Gardner ...
    Developing and Sustaining Successful First -Year ProgramsFirst-year programs and interventions have become critical launching pads for student success and retention in higher education. However, these programs often flounder not because of what they are trying to do, but because of the ways in which they are implemented.Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs offers faculty, ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • Using Industrial-Organizational Psychology for the Greater Good

    Helping Those Who Help Others

    Edited by Julie B. Olson-Buchanan, Laura L. Koppes Bryan, Lori Foster Thompson ...
    Series series SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series
    This SIOP Organizational Frontiers volume will be one of the first to show how the field of Industrial Organizational psychology can help address societal concerns, and help focus research on the greater good of society. Contributions from worldwide experts showcase the power the IO community has to foster, promote and encourage pro social efforts. Also included will be commentary from an eminent ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Diversity Managers: Angels of Mercy or Barbarians at the Gate

    An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Relationship Between Diversity Management and Organizational Effectiveness

    by Dr. Shelton J. Goode ...
    Diversity managers who want to integrate cost-effective, battle-tested initiatives dont have enough tools and resources to identify and apply best practices to actual work situations. These programs demand time, energy, and moneyand the empirical evidence about outcomes is limited. The few studies out there contradict each other, which can make it nearly impossible to determine what practices to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Political Contexts of Educational Leadership

    ISLLC Standard Six

    Edited by Jane Lindle ...
    Series series PSEL/NELP Leadership Preparation
    Co-published with UCEA, this exciting new textbook is the first to tackle the ISLLC Standard #6—the political context of education. This unique volume helps aspiring school leaders understand the dynamics of educational policy in multiple arenas at the local, state, and federal levels. Leaders are responsible for promoting the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Improving Schools and Educational Systems

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels ...
    Series series Contexts of Learning
    School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement.This book draws together the most effective school improvement projects from around the world in one ... Read more

    $57.99 USD