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The first-generation student experience : implications for campus practice, and strategies for improving persistence and success /
Given that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, Va :
Stylus,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Given that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures. First-person narratives by first-generation students help the reader get to grips with the variety of ethnic and economic categories to which they belong. The book conc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441658654 1441658653 9781579225254 157922525X |