Retention, persistence, and writing programs /edited by Todd Ruecker, Dawn Shepherd, Heidi Estrem, Beth-Brunk Chavez. 

 - Logan :  Utah State University Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : retention, persistence, and writing : expanding the conversation /  Retention Panopticon : what WPAS should bring to the table in discussions of student success /  Building collaborative partnerships to support institutional-level retention initiatives in writing programs /  Big data and writing program retention assessment : what we need to know /  The imperative of pedagogical and professional development to support the retention of underprepared students at open-access institutions /  How student performance in first-year composition predicts retention and overall student success /  "Life gets in the way" : the case of a seventh-year senior /  Absolute hospitality in the writing program /  Retention, critical pedagogy, and students as agents : eschewing the deficit model /  Reconfiguring the writing studio model : examining the impact of the PlusOne Program on student performance and retention /  Retention rates of second language writers and basic writers : a comparison within the Stretch Program model /  The kairotic classroom : retention discourse and supplemental instruction in the first year /  Enhancing alliances and joining initiatives to help students : the story of how we created developmental learning communities at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi /  Undergraduate mentors as agents of engagement : peer advocates in first-year writing courses /  Afterword /  Todd Ruecker, Dawn Shepherd, Heidi Estrem, and Beth-Brunk Chavez --  Rita Malenczyk --  Ashley J. Holmes and Cristine Busser --  Marc Scott --  Joanne Giordano, Holly Hassel, Jennifer Heinert, and Cassandra Phillips --  Nathan Garrett, Matthew Bridgewater, and Bruce Feinstein --  Sara Webb-Sunderhaus --  Pegeen Reichert Powell --  Beth Buyserie, Anna Plemons, and Patricia Freitag Ericsson --  Polina Chemishanova and Robin Snead --  Sarah Elizabeth Snyder --  Sarah E. Harris --  Susan Wolff Murphy and Mark Hartlaub --  Michael Day, Tawanda Gipson, and Chris Parker --  Linda Adler-Kassner. 
<br/><br/> "Perspectives on how first-year writing can support or hinder students' transitions to college from scholars working in a variety of institutional and geographic contexts and a range of student populations. Contributors present individual and program case studies, surveys of thousands of students, retention data, and policy analysis"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607326021 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)<br/>College dropouts--Prevention.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1404  / .R484 2017