RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF STUDENT RETENTION: WHAT NEXT?
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After reviewing the state of student retention research and practice, past and present, the author looks to the future and identifies three areas of research and practice that call for further exploration. These concern issues of institutional action, program implementation, and the continuing challenge of promoting the success of low-income students.
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Student success in education is complex and cannot be whittled down to any particular lens or a simplistic set of factors.
“As Tinto (2006) points out, what makes a student successful in education is complex and cannot be whittled down to any particular lens or a simplistic set of factors.”
From Unethical Numbers? A Meta-analysis of Library Learning Analytics Studies (2019) · cites this paper as Tinto (2006)
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Stages of Student Departure: Reflections on the Longitudinal Character of Student Leaving
Tinto, V. (1988) · The Journal of Higher Education · doi:10.2307/1981920 · Cited by 949 · see citing works
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Tinto, V., & Russo, P. (1994) · Community College Review · doi:10.1177/009155219402200203 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
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Unethical Numbers? A Meta-analysis of Library Learning Analytics Studies
Robertshaw, M. B., & Asher, A. (2019) · Library Trends · doi:10.1353/lib.2019.0031 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
“If this is the case, many library learning analytics studies are simply confirming findings that we already know, that is, better students tend to use the library resources available (Kramer and Kramer, 1968; Parker 2003; Tolar Burton and Chadwick 2000; Wallace, Shorten and Crookes 2000; Whitmire 2002).”
- Authors
- Tinto, V.
- Affiliations
- Syracuse University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tinto, Vincent
- ORCID
- Tinto, Vincent
- Venue
- Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-05
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-19
- ISSN
- 1521-0251 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-4167
- OpenAlex
- W2168994663
- Cited by
- 1,936
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 86.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Lumina Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Demography › Evasion and Academic Success Factors
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Keywords
- student retention, institutional action, program implementation, low-income students, student success, higher education
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