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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      21 December 2017
      28 December 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316811764
      9781107176287
      9781316629383
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316811764
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 364 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 368 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Applied Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology
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    This book is premised on a very powerful social/educational concern about college retention rates: one-third of first-year students seriously consider leaving college during their first term, and only half of all students who start college ultimately graduate. This book examines the first year of college from a variety of perspectives to paint a comprehensive picture of the intersecting challenges facing today's students and higher education institutions. Technological advances, increases in college attendance costs, and increasing political pressure on colleges to prove their value have changed the landscape of the first year of college, but researchers have identified new approaches to improve student and institutional success that have shown considerable success and promise. In this comprehensive volume, top educational researchers explore topics of student success, persistence, and retention in the first year of college.

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    'The First Year of College informatively examines the first year of college from a variety of perspectives to paint a comprehensive picture of the intersecting challenges facing today's students and higher education institutions.'

    James A. Cox Source: Midwest Book Review

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