Understanding and reducing college student departure

Understanding and reducing college student departure / [by] John M. Braxton, Amy S. Hirschy, and Shederick A. McClendon.

Author/creator	Braxton, John M.
Other author/creator	Hirschy, Amy S.
Other author/creator	McClendon, Shederick A.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	San Francisco, Cal : Jossey-Bass, 2004.
Description	xii, 108 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	College dropouts--Prevention. College attendance--United States. College dropouts--United States --Statistics.

Series	ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 30 ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 30. ^A465530
Partial contents	The ill-structured problem of college student departure -- Tinto's interactionalist theory -- Toward a revision of Tinto's theory for residential colleges and universities -- Student departure in commuter colleges and universities -- Exemplary student retention programs -- Reducing institutional rates of departure -- Conclusions and recommendations for scholarship.
General note	Contains bibliographic references (p. 89-97) and index.
ISBN	0787972827