Leaving college : rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition / Vincent Tinto.
2012
LC148.15 .T56 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Leaving college : rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition / Vincent Tinto.
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Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780226007571 (paperback)
022600757X (paperback)
9780226804491 (hardcover)
0226804496 (hardcover)
9780226922461 (ebook)
0226922464 (ebook)
022600757X (paperback)
9780226804491 (hardcover)
0226804496 (hardcover)
9780226922461 (ebook)
0226922464 (ebook)
Publication Details
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2012.
Language
English
Description
xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
LC148.15 .T56 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.16913
Summary
This edition incorporates numerous 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.
Note
This edition incorporates numerous 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
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Table of Contents
The scope and patterning of student departure from higher education
Roots of individual departure from institutions of higher education
A theory of individual departure from institutions of higher education
The dimensions of institutional action.
Roots of individual departure from institutions of higher education
A theory of individual departure from institutions of higher education
The dimensions of institutional action.