Student Retention Best Practices - April 2024

Minority Student Retention: The Best of the "Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice"

Student retention continues to be a vexing problem for all colleges and universities. In spite of the money spent on creating programs and services to help retain students until they achieve their academic and personal goals, and graduate, the figures have not improved over time. This is particularly true for minority students, who have a greater attrition rate than majority students. Demographic information shows that the minority population in the United States is growing at a faster rate than the majority. It is imperative that educational institutions find ways to help improve retention ra... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0415784603
• ASIN: 0415784603
• ISBN: 0415784603
• Manufacturer: Routledge

Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice

Praise for Maryellen Weimer's Inspired College Teaching "The thoughtfulness, personalization, and consideration Maryellen Weimer demonstrates in discussing the experience of faculty members, her ability to identify issues that are shared and solvable, and her suggestions and solutions to commonly experienced stressors and difficulties in college teaching are major strengths of this volume. . . . In a way, it is a 'workshop between book covers'—or perhaps several workshops!" —Laura L. B. Border, director, Graduate Teacher Program and Collaborative Preparing Future Faculty Network, Universit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1118119282
• ASIN: 1118119282
• ISBN: 1118119282
• Brand: Jossey-Bass
• Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

The Million Dollar Greeting: Today's Best Practices for Profit, Customer Retention, and a Happy Workplace

Interviews and case studies with nine top business leaders reveal how extraordinary customer service brings high profit, brand loyalty, and a vibrant workplace, and show how you can implement their techniques in your own business. For more than twenty years, Dan Sachs has helped established and emerging businesses use hospitality practices to strengthen employee morale, customer retention, and profits. In The Million Dollar Greeting, readers accompany Sachs as he travels across the United States and Canada, interviewing leaders from both large and small companies, including: Ari Weinzweig (Zi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1948062143
• ASIN: 1948062143
• ISBN: 1948062143
• Manufacturer: Apollo Publishers

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0674729013
• ASIN: 0674729013
• ISBN: 0674729013
• Brand: Belknap Press
• Manufacturer: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Art of Problem Solving Beast Academy 4A and 4B and 4C and 4D Guide and Practice 8-Book Set

AoPS 8-Book Set : Art of Problem Solving Beast Academy 4A and 4B and 4C and 4D Guide and Practice 8-Book Set : Beast Academy 4A covers the following topics: Shapes: Definitions, angle measurement, parallel and perpendicular lines, symmetry. Multiplication: The distributive property, multi-digit multiplication, using algorithms, the units digit. Exponents: Computing powers, order of operations, perfect squares, binary notation (base-2). Beast Academy 4B covers the following topics: Counting : Counting lists, choices, Venn diagrams, Factorials, counting pairs. Division : Special quotients, divid... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00WFDXTQC
• ASIN: B00WFDXTQC

Improving Student Learning When Budgets Are Tight

A how-to manual for achieving excellence despite budget cutsThis book offers a comprehensive framework to enhance student achievement in good times and in bad. The author provides a school improvement action plan and then shows how to target resources to implement that plan. More than just a “theory” book, this text describes concrete, specific actions that can be taken immediately. Key strategies include: Using data to support boosting student performance Focusing on effective instruction Setting goals to drive resource allocation priorities Setting priorities for situations that require ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1452217084
• ASIN: 1452217084
• ISBN: 1452217084
• Brand: Brand: Corwin
• Manufacturer: Corwin

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive

Kevin Horsley Broke a World Memory Record in 2013...And You're About to Learn How to Use His Memory Strategies to Learn Faster, Be More Productive and Achieve More Success Most people never tap into 10% of their potential for memory. In this book, you're about to learn: How the World's Top Memory Experts Concentrate and Remember Any Information at Will, and How You Can TooDo you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory, you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631619985
• ASIN: 1631619985
• ISBN: 1631619985
• Manufacturer: TCKPublishing.com

The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace

For readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, and Freakonomics, comes a captivating and surprising journey through the science of workplace excellence.   Why do successful companies reward failure?  What can casinos teach us about building a happy workplace?  How do you design an office that enhances both attention to detail and creativity?   In The Best Place to Work, award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman, Ph.D. uses the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management to reveal what really makes us successful at work. Com... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399165606
• ASIN: 0399165606
• ISBN: 0399165606
• Brand: Perigee Books
• Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee

The Vocabulary Builder Workbook: Simple Lessons and Activities to Teach Yourself Over 1,400 Must-Know Words

The Vocabulary Builder Workbook is the latest approach to learning new vocabulary and boosting your language skills.Building your vocabulary requires more than flashcards. That’s why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing new words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook you will gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words.Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE―or for those who simply want to improve their writing and speaking skills― The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the task of expandin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 193975481X
• ASIN: 193975481X
• ISBN: 193975481X
• Manufacturer: Zephyros Press

Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education

Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education offers a comprehensive and strategic approach to address what has become labeled as "talent and human capital." Grounded in extensive research and examples of leading edge districts, this book shows how the entire human resource system in schools―from recruitment, to selection/placement, induction, professional development, performance management and evaluation, compensation, and career progression―can be reformed and restructured to boost teacher and principal effectiveness in ways that dramatically improve instructional practice and stud... [Read More]

• ASIN: 041588666X
• ASIN: 041588666X
• ISBN: 041588666X
• Brand: Routledge
• Manufacturer: Routledge

Vocabulary Cartoons, SAT Word Power: Learn Hundreds of SAT Words Fast with Easy Memory Techniques

Collects cartoons and rhyming phrases designed to improve vocabulary.

• ASIN: 0965242234
• ASIN: 0965242234
• ISBN: 9780965242233
• Brand: Burchers, Sam/ Burchers, Bryan
• Manufacturer: New Monic Books

Secret Code Actions (Teacher Edition)

Children need to MOVE more! Children must learn to READ and SPELL! Secret Code Actions combines these needs - bringing movement into learning the "secrets" of the code! Authored by Nancy Young (creator of the famous Ladder of Reading infographic), Secret Code Actions shows teachers ways to: 1) Weave creative MOVEMENT into any phonics instruction 2) Provide FUN ways to practice code-based skills (classroom, gym, schoolyard - or anywhere!) 3) Build knowledge of the FASCINATING English code Secret Code Actions is not a step-by-step program but a tool to ENHANCE ANY PROGRAM! As children are master... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0995021708
• ASIN: 0995021708
• ISBN: 0995021708
• Manufacturer: Nancy Young B.A. M.Ed.

DTR Exam Study Guide: Review Book for the Dietetic Technician, Registered Exam

Test Prep Book's DTR Exam Study Guide: Review Book for the Dietetic Technician, Registered ExamDeveloped by Test Prep Books for test takers trying to achieve a passing score on the DTR exam, this comprehensive study guide includes:•Quick Overview•Test-Taking Strategies•Introduction•Nutrition Science and Care for Individuals and Groups•Food Science and Food Service•Management of Food and Nutrition Services•Practice Questions•Detailed Answer ExplanationsDisclaimer: CDTR® is a registered trademark of Dietetic, Technician, Registered, which was not involved in the production of, a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1628454229
• ASIN: 1628454229
• ISBN: 1628454229
• Manufacturer: Test Prep Books

Secrets of the Radiation Health and Safety Exam Study Guide: DANB Test Review for the Radiation Health and Safety Exam (Mometrix Test Preparation)

This Radiation Health and Safety study guide includes practice test questions. Our Radiation Health and Safety study guide contains easy-to-read essential summaries that highlight the key areas of the Radiation Health and Safety test. Mometrix's Radiation Health and Safety test study guide reviews the most important components of the Radiation Health and Safety exam. The Radiation Health and Safety Exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Radiation Health and Safety Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1609716167
• ASIN: 1609716167
• ISBN: 1614030642
• Manufacturer: Mometrix Media LLC

Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide

Rethink traditional teaching methods to improve student learning and retention in STEM   Educational research has repeatedly shown that compared to traditional teacher-centered instruction, certain learner-centered methods lead to improved learning outcomes, greater development of critical high-level skills, and increased retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Teaching and Learning STEM presents a trove of practical research-based strategies for designing and teaching STEM courses at the university, community college, and high school levels. The bo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1118925815
• ASIN: 1118925815
• ISBN: 1118925815
• Brand: Jossey Bass Wiley
• Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

Professional Learning Communities at Worktm : Best Practices for Enhancing Students Achievement

The book that launched a school improvement movement offers research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of

• UPC: 25219726

Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12 : Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning

Ensure students demonstrate more than a year's worth of learning during a school year Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his 15 years of research, identifying instructional

• UPC: 49365921
• Model: 9781506332352

Minority Student Retention : The Best of the "journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice"

Books : MINORITY STUDENT RETENTION

• UPC: 771959016

The Million Dollar Greeting : Today's Best Practices for Profit, Customer Retention, and a Happy Workplace

Veteran hospitality expert Dan Sachs interviews top business leaders to reveal how extraordinary customer service brings high profit, brand loyalty, and a vibrant workplace, and to share how you can implement their techniques in your

• UPC: 882419337

Best Whitney in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

Best Whitney in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 540520621

Best Richard in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

Best Richard in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 855032208

The Best Grant in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

The Best Grant in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 917609639

Best Sabrina in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

Best Sabrina in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 939156861

Best Hayley in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

Best Hayley in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 956138263

The Best Cindy in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages 6x9

The Best Cindy in the Galaxy: Handwriting Practice Paper for Kids Notebook with Dotted Lined Sheets for K-3 Students 120 Pages

• UPC: 966210610

SURVEY OF BEST PRACTICES IN STUDENT RETENTION 2015 EDITION By Primary NEW

• UPC: 184176441542
• Category: School Textbooks & Study Guides
• Price: 162 USD