Crossing the Finish Line by Alan Seidman

Crossing the Finish Line by Alan Seidman

Implementation of a college student retention formula and success model that will enable students to meet their academic and personal goals in five easy steps.

In this short gem of a book, Alan Seidman presents a practical, comprehensive, and integrated process for successfully addressing student retention at the institutional levelIt is highly recommended reading for administrators and policy makers at all institutions concerned with retaining students. -- Ernest Pascarella, professor and Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education, University of Iowa

Among all of the topics studied in the field of higher education, retention of students remains one of the most perplexing. Countless numbers of initiatives and special programs including learning communities, boot camps and co-requisite courses have aided some students but failed many. To shorten the path to graduation, colleges offer accelerated learning models and dole out generous dual enrollment credits while four-year graduation rates plummet. Colleges have even gone so far as to literally flip their classrooms and provide blended instruction while doggedly pursuing technology to intervene in solving the retention enigma; yet retention problems linger.
In this unique book Seidman trades research jargon for common sense approaches aimed at practitioners; the people with the ability to affect change. I applaud Seidman’s approach of providing “cases in point” to illustrate the most important aspects of the book. Everything is presented in understandable segments. I proudly support disseminating Seidman’s student success formula and steps to success to promote crossing the finish line.

-- Linda Serra Hagedorn, PhD, professor and Associate Dean, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University

Dr. Alan Seidman is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of College Student Retention (www.cscsr.org) and Professor Emeritus in the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership and founding editor of the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.

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ISBN 13	9781475838916
ISBN 10	1475838913
Title	Crossing the Finish Line
Author	Alan Seidman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2018-07-30
Number of pages	136
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