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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Dimensions and Consequences of Student Departure from Higher Education | |
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| The Limits of Our Understanding of Student Departure | |
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| The Goals and Structure of the Book | |
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| The Scope and Patterning of Student Departure from Higher Education | |
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| The Entry of Individuals into Higher Education | |
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| The Scope of Departure from Higher Education | |
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| Group Differences in Rates of Degree Completion | |
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| Concluding Observations | |
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| Roots of Individual Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Sorting through Past Research on Student Departure | |
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| Individual Roots of Student Departure | |
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| Interactional Roots of Institutional Departure | |
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| External Communities and Withdrawal from College | |
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| Finances and College Persistence | |
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| Involvement, Learning, and Leaving | |
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| Individual and Institutional Variations in the Process of Student Departure | |
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| Concluding Observations | |
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| A Theory of Individual Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Past Theories of Student Departure | |
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| Studies of Departure in Other School Settings | |
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| Stages in the Process of Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Suicide and the Study of Departure from Higher Education | |
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| Toward a Theory of Institutional Departure from Higher Education | |
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| A Longitudinal Model of Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Linking Learning and Leaving: The Educational Character of Student Leaving | |
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| A Model of Institutional Departure: Some Observations | |
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| The Dimensions of Institutional Action | |
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| Defining "Dropout" from Higher Education | |
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| The Principles of Effective Retention | |
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| The Principles of Effective Implementation | |
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| What Works in Retaining Students | |
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| Retention Policies for Different Students | |
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| Retention Policies for Different Institutions | |
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| Concluding Observations | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Educational Communities and the Character of Institutional Commitment | |
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| Educational Mission and Institutional Commitment | |
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| The Paradox of Institutional Commitment and the Limits of Institutional Action | |
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| Educational Excellence, Retention, and Student Involvement in Learning | |
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| Leaving College and Other Forms of Departure | |
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| A Concluding Observation | |
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| The Assessment of Student Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Toward a Theory of Doctoral Persistence | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |