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SAGA Resource Collection
The SAGA Resource Collection is comprised of books, articles and video recordings held locally in the Lane Library. These materials are maintained for the purpose of supporting the work and activities of the Student Success & Goal Attainment Committee (SAGA). Interested college staff are welcome to use the collection for learning more about current research in the field of student retention.

Any questions about the resources in the collection may be addressed to David L. Doctor, Reference Librarian.


Books
All the books listed below are accessible via the Lane Library Catalog

Call number:  LB2343.4 .T55 2005

Academic Advising for Student Success : A System of Shared Responsibility by Susan H. Frost
Call number: LB2343 .F76 1991

Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success by Al Siebert
Call number: LB2343.32 .S556 2003

Beyond Access : Methods and Models for Increasing Retention and
Learning Among Minority Students
by Steven A. Aragon
Call number: LB2328 .N473 2000

Bridges to Student Success : Exemplary Programs, 2003 by
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and
National Council on Student Development
Call number: LB2343.4 .B75 2003

Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student : A Handbook
for Improving the First Year of College
by M. Lee Upcraft, et.al.
Call number: LB2343.3 .U63 2005

Community College : Opportunity and Access for America's First-
Year Students
by Edited by Joseph N. Hankin
Call number: LB2343 .C65 1996

Current Practices in Academic Advising : Final report on ACT's
Fifth National Survey of Academic Advising
by Wesley R. Habley
Call number: LB2343 .H32 1998

Designing Successful Transitions : A Guide for Orienting Students
to College
by Jeanine A Ward-Roof
Call number: LB2343.32 .D47
2003

by Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Bradley E. Cox, and Mary T. Wagner, Editors
Call number:  LB2393.5 .E96 2005

Facilitating the Career Development of Students in Transition by Paul A. Gore, Editor
Call number:  LB2343.4 .F33 2005

First Impressions, Lasting Impact : Introducing the First-Year
Student to the Academic Library
by Julia K. Nims
Call number: Z711.2 .F57 2002

First-Year Academic Advising ; Patterns in the Present, Pathways
to the Future
by Edited by M. Lee Upcraft
Call number: LB2343 .U8
1995

First-Year Student Library Instruction Programs by Debbie Malone
Call number: Z711.2 .F56 2003

Integrating the First-Year Experience : The Role of First-Year
Seminars in Learning Communities
by Jean M. Henscheid
Call number: LB2343.32 .I58 2004

Involvement in Campus Activities and the Retention of First-Year
College Students
by Tracy L. Skipper
Call number: LB2343.32 .I59
2003

Keys to Success in College, Career, and Life : How to Achieve
Your Goals
by Carol Carter, et.al.
Call number: LB2343.32 .C37
2003

Learning Communities and the Academic Library by Sarah Pedersen
Call number: LB2331 .P43 2003

Learning Communities in Community Colleges by Julia Fogarty,
et.al.
Call number: LB2331 .L43 2003

Leaving College : Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student
Attritio
n
by Vincent Tinto
Call number: LC148.15 .T56 1993

Life at the Edge of the Wave : Lessons from the Community
College
by Marguerite M. Culp
Call number: LB2328.15 .U62 1998

Making the Grade : Academic Libraries and Student Success
Edited by Maurie Caitlin Kelly
Call number: Z675 .U5 M326 2002

Major in Success : Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams,
and Get A Very Cool Job
by Patrick Combs
Call number: LB2343.32 .C65 2003

Pedagogy of Possibilities : Developmental Education, College-
Level Studies and Learning Communities
by Gillies Malnarich
Call number: LB2343.4 .M35 2003

Call number:  LB1031.5 .P46 2001

Promising Practices in Recruitment, Remediation, and Retention
Gerald A. Gaither
Call number: LB2351.2 .P76 1999

Promoting Student Success in the Community College by Steven R.
Helfgot
Call number: LB2343 .P75 1995

Proving and Improving : Strategies for Assessing the First College
Year
by Randy L. Swing
Call number: LB2343.4 .P78 2001

Proving and Improving : Tools and Techniques for Assessing the
First College Year
by Randy L. Swing
Call number: LB2343.4 .P78
2004

Thinking About Teaching and Learning : Developing Habits of
Learning with First Year College and University Students
by
Robert Leamnson
Call number: LB2331 .L39 1999

Transforming the First-Year of College for Students of Color by
Laura I. Rendon
Call number: LB2343.32 .T72 2004


Videorecordings
The following videos are located at the Lane Library Circulation Desk:

Campus Collaborations to Foster Retention
[teleconference broadcast November 4, 1999]
Call number: MVP 763

Confronting Diversity Issues on Campus
[teleconference broadcast March 20, 1996]
Call number: MVP 667

Mastering the College Experience by Coastline Community College
Call number: MV 2114



College Student Retention Websites

Center for the Study of College Student Retention
The Center provides retention resources to individuals and educational institutions. Our aim is to provide researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive resource for finding information on college student retention and attrition.

NASPA Online
NASPA is the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice. NASPA provides professional development, promotes exemplary practices, and is a leader in policy development. NASPA helps senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhance student learning and development. NASPA promotes quality and high expectations; advocates for students; encourages diversity; and excels in research and publication.

National Resource Center For The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition has as its mission to build and sustain a vibrant campus-based and international educational community committed to the success of first-year college students and all students in transition. We achieve this mission by providing opportunities for the exchange of practical, theory-based information and ideas through the convening of conferences, teleconferences, institutes, and workshops; publishing monographs, a peer-reviewed journal, a newsletter, guides, and books; generating and supporting research and scholarship; hosting visiting scholars; and administering a web site and electronic listservs.

ON COURSE
Welcome to On Course! You'll find many resources at this site to support your efforts for improving student academic success and retention at your campus.

Vincent Tinto
Vincent Tinto is Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University and chair of the higher education program. He has conducted research and written extensively on higher education, particularly on student retention and the impact of learning communities on student growth and attainment. He is the author of a theory of student leaving, which has become the benchmark by which research on student attrition is judged. Dr. Tinto has consulted widely with federal and state agencies, independent research firms, foundations, and two and four-year institutions of higher education on a broad range of higher educational issues. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and with various organizations and professional associations concerned with higher education. Dr. Tinto holds a bachelor's degree in Physics and Philosophy from Fordham University and a doctorate in Education and Sociology from the University of Chicago.



Periodicals

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2005/06-
This title is located in the library and can also be searched online at: http://0-baywood.metapress.com.library.lanecc.edu:80/link.asp?id=300319

Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education, 2004-
This periodical is indexed in EBSCO's Professional Development Collection database located on the Lane Library homepage under Find an Article.

 
       
 

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