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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 386 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378.1/6913 23
LOC classification:
  • LC148.15 .F54 2012eb
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

"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.

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