Selected books
Accommodations -- Or Just Good Teaching? by Call Number: LC 4813 .A33 1997- Applying Science of Learning in Education: Infusing Psychological Science into the Curriculum byCall Number: LB 1060 .B443 2014Entire e-book also available via: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/asle2014/index.php. Use download button provided.
Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student by Call Number: LB 2343.3 .U63 2005Publication Date: 2004
College Knowledge by Call Number: LB 2343.32 .C66 2005
College Students' Sense of Belonging by Call Number: LB 3609 .S77 2012
Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs by Call Number: LB 2343.4 .G74 2013- Exploring the Evidence: Initiatives in the First College Year byCall Number: LB 2343.4 .E94 2008
- Facilitating the Career Development of Students in Transition byCall Number: LB 2343.4 .F33 2005
Getting to Graduation: The Complete Agenda in Higher Education by Call Number: LA 227.4 .G49 2012
How College Affects Students by Call Number: LA 229 .P34 2005
Student Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter by Call Number: LB 2343.32 .S79 2005
Teaching First-Year College Students by Call Number: LB 2331 .E76 2006
Selected articles
Allen, J., Robbins, S. B., Casillas, A., & Oh, I. (2008). Third-year college retention and transfer: Effects of academic performance, motivation, and social connectedness. Research in Higher Education, 49(7), 647-664.
Bai, H., & Pan, W. (2010). A multilevel approach to assessing the interaction effects on college student retention. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 11(2), 287-301.
Braunstein, A. W., Lesser, M. N., & Pescatrice, D. R. (2008). The impact of a program for the disadvantaged on student retention. College Student Journal, 42(1), 36-40.
Braxton, J. M. (2008). Toward a scholarship of practice centered on college student retention. New Directions for Teaching & Learning, 2008(115), 101-112.
Brier, E. M., Hirschy, A. S., & Braxton, J. M. (2008). The strategic retention initiative: Theory-based practice to reduce college student departure. About Campus, 13(4), 18-20.
Bringle, R. G., Hatcher, J. A., & Muthiah, R. N. (2010). The role of service-learning on the retention of first-year students to second year. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 16(2), 38-49.
Copeland, K. J., & Levesque-Bristol, C. (2011). The retention dilemma: Effectively reaching the first-year university student. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 12(4), 485-515.
DeWitz, S., Woolsey, M., & Walsh, W. (2009). College student retention: An exploration of the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and purpose in life among college students. Journal of College Student Development, 50(1), 19-34.
Fincher, M. (2010). Adult student retention: A practical approach to retention improvement through learning enhancement. Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 58(1), 12-18.
Friedman, B. A., & Mandel, R. G. (2010). The prediction of college student academic performance and retention: Application of expectancy and goal setting theories. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 11(2), 227-246.
Heaton-Shrestha, C., May, S., & Burke, L. (2009). Student retention in higher education: What role for virtual learning environments? Journal of Further & Higher Education, 33(1), 83-92.
Howard, L. A., & Smith-Goodwin, E. A. (2010). Student-to-student mentoring for retention: Both groups benefit. Athletic Therapy Today, 15(3), 14-17.
Jamelske, E. (2009). Measuring the impact of a university first-year experience program on student GPA and retention. Higher Education, 57(3), 373-391.
Jones, W. A. (2010). Football and freshmen retention: Examining the impact of college football on institutional retention rates. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 11(4), 551-564.
Longwell-Grice, R., & Longwell-Grice, H. (2008). Testing Tinto: How do retention theories work for first-generation, working-class students? Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 9(4), 407-420.
Noble, K., & Henderson, R. (2011). The promotion of "character" and its relationship to retention in higher education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 36(3), 79-91.
Oseguera, L., & Byung Shik, R. (2009). The influence of institutional retention climates on student persistence to degree completion: A multilevel approach. Research in Higher Education, 50(6), 546-569.
Sanchez-Leguelinel, C. (2008). Supporting "slumping" sophomores: Programmatic peer initiatives designed to enhance retention in the crucial second year of college. College Student Journal, 42(2), 637-646.
Sidle, M., & McReynolds, J. (2009). The freshman year experience: Student retention and student success. NASPA Journal, 46(3), 434-446.
Siegel, M. J. (2011). Reimagining the retention problem: Moving our thinking from end-product to by-product. About Campus, 15(6), 8-18.
Strayhorn, T. L. (2009). An examination of the impact of first-year seminars on correlates of college student retention. Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 21(1), 9-27.
Trosset, C., & Weisler, S. (2010). Using longitudinal assessment data to improve retention and student experiences. New Directions for Institutional Research, (2), 79-88.
Wessel, R. D., Jones, J. A., Markle, L., & Westfall, C. (2009). Retention and graduation of students with disabilities: Facilitating student success. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 21(3), 116-125.
Wohlgemuth, D., Whalen, D., Sullivan, J., Nading, C., Shelley, M., & Wang, Y. (2007). Financial, academic, and environmental influences on the retention and graduation of students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 8(4), 457-475.
Wyatt, L. G. (2011). Nontraditional student engagement: Increasing adult student success and retention. Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 59(1), 10-20.
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