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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 Group Differences in Rates of Degree Completion Concluding Observations | |
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| Roots of Individual Departure from Institutions of Higher Education Sorting through Past Research on Student Departure | |
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| Individual Roots of Student Departure Interactional Roots of Institutional | |
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| Departure External Communities and Withdrawal from College Finances and College Persistence | |
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| Involvement, Learning, and Leaving Individual and Institutional Variations in the Process of Student | |
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| Departure 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 Studies of Departure in Other School Settings Stages in the Process of Departure from Institutions of Higher Education | |
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| Suicide and the Study of Departure from Higher Education Toward a Theory of Institutional Departure from Higher Education | |
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| A Longitudinal Model of Departure from Institutions of Higher Education Linking Learning and Leaving | |
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| 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 Defining "Dropout" from Higher Education | |
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| The Principles of Effective Retention | |
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| The Principles of Effective Implementation What Works in Retaining Students | |
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| Retention Policies for Different Students Retention Policies for Different Institutions Concluding Observations | |
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| Conclusions Educational Communities and the Character of Institutional Commitment Educational Mission and Institutional Commitment | |
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| The Paradox of Institutional Commitment and the Limits of Institutional | |
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| Action Educational Excellence, Retention, and Student Involvement in Learning Leaving College and Other Forms of Departure 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 | |