ERIC Number: ED534800
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 400
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ISBN: ISBN-978-0-7879-5713-1
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Enhancing Minority Student Retention and Academic Performance: What We Can Learn from Program Evaluations
Fleming, Jacqueline
Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
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.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Minority Group Students, School Holding Power, Program Evaluation, Outcome Measures, Statistical Analysis, Student Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Models, Student Attitudes, Urban Youth, Racial Factors, College Environment, College Students, Engineering Education, Science Education, Student Adjustment, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Academic Support Services, STEM Education, Program Descriptions, Algebra, Academic Persistence, Dropouts, Problem Solving, Skill Development, College Preparation, Multicultural Education, African American Students, Mathematics Achievement, Research Methodology, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California; Louisiana; New York; Texas
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