Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance : what we can learn from program evaluations / Jacqueline Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Jacqueline, 1947-

Series:

The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College dropouts--Prevention--Case studies.

College dropouts.

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States--Case studies.

Minorities.

Educational evaluation--United States--Case studies.

Educational evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Setting the stage : as they enter higher education

pt. 2. Programs in math, science, and engineering

pt. 3. Programs at minority-serving universities

pt. 4. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-118-21869-8

1-280-67390-7

9786613650832

1-118-21867-1

OCLC:

781614610