TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruecker,Todd Christopher
AU  - Shepherd,Dawn
AU  - Estrem,Heidi
AU  - Brunk-Chavez,Beth
TI  - Retention, persistence, and writing programs /edited by Todd Ruecker, Dawn Shepherd, Heidi Estrem, Beth-Brunk Chavez
SN  - 9781607326021
AV  - PE1404 .R484 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Logan
PB  - Utah State University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - College dropouts
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction : retention, persistence, and writing : expanding the conversation; Todd Ruecker, Dawn Shepherd, Heidi Estrem, and Beth-Brunk Chavez --; Retention Panopticon : what WPAS should bring to the table in discussions of student success; Rita Malenczyk --; Building collaborative partnerships to support institutional-level retention initiatives in writing programs; Ashley J. Holmes and Cristine Busser --; Big data and writing program retention assessment : what we need to know; Marc Scott --; The imperative of pedagogical and professional development to support the retention of underprepared students at open-access institutions; Joanne Giordano, Holly Hassel, Jennifer Heinert, and Cassandra Phillips --; How student performance in first-year composition predicts retention and overall student success; Nathan Garrett, Matthew Bridgewater, and Bruce Feinstein --; "Life gets in the way" : the case of a seventh-year senior; Sara Webb-Sunderhaus --; Absolute hospitality in the writing program; Pegeen Reichert Powell --; Retention, critical pedagogy, and students as agents : eschewing the deficit model; Beth Buyserie, Anna Plemons, and Patricia Freitag Ericsson --; Reconfiguring the writing studio model : examining the impact of the PlusOne Program on student performance and retention; Polina Chemishanova and Robin Snead --; Retention rates of second language writers and basic writers : a comparison within the Stretch Program model; Sarah Elizabeth Snyder --; The kairotic classroom : retention discourse and supplemental instruction in the first year; Sarah E. Harris --; Enhancing alliances and joining initiatives to help students : the story of how we created developmental learning communities at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Susan Wolff Murphy and Mark Hartlaub --; Undergraduate mentors as agents of engagement : peer advocates in first-year writing courses; Michael Day, Tawanda Gipson, and Chris Parker --; Afterword; Linda Adler-Kassner; 2; b
N2  - "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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