Fleming, Jacqueline, 1947-

Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance / Jacqueline Fleming. - First edition. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2012] - xiv, 386 pages ; 25 cm. - The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-369) and indexes.

"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"--

9780787957131 (hardback)

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College dropouts--Prevention--Case studies.
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States--Case studies.
Educational evaluation--United States--Case studies.
EDUCATION / Higher.

378.1 JAC 2012 23236 / 23236