Leaving College

Author : Vincent Tinto
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226922461

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Leaving College by Vincent Tinto Pdf

In this 1994 classic work on student retention, Vincent Tinto synthesizes far-ranging research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and social community on campus. He 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. Especially critical to Tinto’s model is the central importance of the classroom experience and the role of multiple college communities.

Author : Rob Lowe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451685756

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Love Life by Rob Lowe Pdf

On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews). After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are: · His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub. · The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother. · What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show. · How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles. · His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents. · How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture. · His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got. · The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend. Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).

Author : Nehemiah Cleaveland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : HARVARD:HN587N

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History of Bowdoin College by Nehemiah Cleaveland Pdf

Author : Vincent Tinto
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226804521

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Completing College by Vincent Tinto Pdf

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 as the definitive resource on student retention in higher education. Now, with Completing College, Tinto offers administrators a coherent framework with which to develop and implement programs to promote completion. Deftly distilling an enormous amount of research, Tinto identifies the essential conditions enabling students to succeed and continue on within institutions. Especially during the early years, he shows that students thrive in settings that pair high expectations for success with structured academic, social, and financial support, provide frequent feedback and assessments of their performance, and promote their active involvement with other students and faculty. And while these conditions may be worked on and met at different institutional levels, Tinto points to the classroom as the center of student education and life, and therefore the primary target for institutional action. Improving retention rates continues to be among the most widely studied fields in higher education, and Completing College carefully synthesizes the latest research and, most importantly, translates it into practical steps that administrators can take to enhance student success.

Author : Connie Jones
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780740786723

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She's Leaving Home by Connie Jones Pdf

Each year, more than 1.5 million American families see their children off to their first year in college. It's a momentous day in the lives of high school graduates and their parents, and during this transitional time, parents' emotions include everything from anxiety to hope, guilt to pride, fear to relief. In She's Leaving Home, author Connie Jones chronicles two years in her own life, from the days when her daughter, Cary, fielded bids from more than a hundred colleges to her first year as a student at Smith College in Massachusetts. A story of spiritual journey and growth, the intimate, journal-like essays perfectly capture one mother's love and letting go of a daughter as she transforms into an adult. She's Leaving Home is a personal memoir that parents will relate to in the same way readers responded to Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year.

Author : Terence Hicks,Douglas M. Butler,Mondrail Myrick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761871217

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First-Generation College Student Research Studies by Terence Hicks,Douglas M. Butler,Mondrail Myrick Pdf

First-Generation College Student Research Studies offers uniquely designed chapters that are drawn from both quantitative and qualitative theoretical frameworks found in higher education. This edited volume is a must-read that contributes greatly to the research literature surrounding this student population.

Author : Yale University. Class of 1859
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HXPMEY

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Report of the Triennial Meeting of the Class of 1859 by Yale University. Class of 1859 Pdf

Author : Virginia. Department of Education,Virginia. Dept. of Public Instruction
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211434902

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Virginia School Report by Virginia. Department of Education,Virginia. Dept. of Public Instruction Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Occupations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129168246

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The Occupational Outlook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994-08
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : UIUC:30112101051362

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Monthly Labor Review by Anonim Pdf

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Author : Lisa Heffernan,Mary Dell Harrington
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781250188953

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Grown and Flown by Lisa Heffernan,Mary Dell Harrington Pdf

PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

Author : Josiah Quincy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Massachusetts
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2D5U

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Figures of the Past from the Leaves of Old Journals by Josiah Quincy Pdf

Author : National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1422 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Agricultural education
ISBN : UOM:39015013716835

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Proceedings of the Annual Convention by National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Pdf

Author : United States. Scientific Research and Development Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000011058785

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Science, The Endless Frontier by United States. Scientific Research and Development Office Pdf

Author : James Luce KINGSLEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024014300

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A sketch of the history of Yale College, in Connecticut. Prepared by Professor Kingsley, and first published in the American Quarterly Register by James Luce KINGSLEY Pdf