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Improving College Student Retention: New Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice by Reason, Robert D., Ed, Braxton, John M., Ed

“…Higher education institutions have already begun to see decreasing enrollment numbers, even as higher education enrollment is predicted to drop precipitously…”
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An Examination of Persistence Research through the Lens of a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework by Reason, Robert D

“…Writing a comprehensive review of research on student persistence is a Herculean task. The publications that feature persistence as a primary outcome measure…”
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Working with Missing Data in Higher Education Research: A Primer and Real-World Example by Cox, Bradley E, McIntosh, Kadian, Reason, Robert D, Terenzini, Patrick T

“…Nearly all quantitative analyses in higher education draw from incomplete datasets-a common problem with no universal solution. In the first part of this…”
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Life Happens (Outside of College): Non-College Life-Events and Students' Likelihood of Graduation by Cox, Bradley E., Reason, Robert D., Nix, Samantha, Gillman, Megan

“…Students' lives outside of college can have dramatic effects on academic outcomes (e.g., grades, persistence, graduation). However, the manner in which…”
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Civic Learning for Dissent: Developing Students' Activist Orientation by Hemer, Kevin M, Reason, Robert D

“…Our multi-institutional study addresses the question: How do college students' backgrounds, collegiate engagement, and perceptions of the campus climate relate…”
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The Process of Academic Validation Within a Comprehensive College Transition Program by Hallett, Ronald E., Reason, Robert D., Toccoli, Jonathan, Kitchen, Joseph A., Perez, Rosemary J.

“…Postsecondary institutions often create support programs to encourage the academic success of underserved students. Comprehensive college transition programs…”
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A Classroom Study on the Relationship Between Student Achievement and Retrieval-Enhanced Learning by Carpenter, Shana K., Lund, Terry J. S., Coffman, Clark R., Armstrong, Patrick I., Lamm, Monica H., Reason, Robert D.

“…Retrieval practice has been shown to produce powerful learning gains in laboratory experiments but has seldom been explored in classrooms as a means of…”
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Pedagogy of Validation: Autobiographical Reading and Writing Courses for First-Year, Low-Income Students by Perez, Rosemary J., Acuña, Arely, Reason, Robert D.

“…This embedded case study leveraged Rendón’s ( 1994 ) validation theory as well as theories connecting self-reflection and transformative learning (e.g.,…”
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Improved Student Learning through a Faculty Learning Community: How Faculty Collaboration Transformed a Large-Enrollment Course from Lecture to Student Centered by Elliott, Emily R, Reason, Robert D, Coffman, Clark R, Gangloff, Eric J, Raker, Jeffrey R, Powell-Coffman, Jo Anne, Ogilvie, Craig A

“…Undergraduate introductory biology courses are changing based on our growing understanding of how students learn and rapid scientific advancement in the…”
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Differing Perceptions: How Students of Color and White Students Perceive Campus Climate for Underrepresented Groups by Rankin, Susan R, Reason, Robert D

“…Using a campus climate assessment instrument developed by Rankin (1998), we surveyed students (n = 7,347) from 10 campuses to explore whether students from…”
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First Things First: Developing Academic Competence in the First Year of College by Reason, Robert D., Terenzini, Patrick T., Domingo, Robert J.

“…Perhaps two-thirds of the gains students make in knowledge and cognitive skill development occur in the first 2 years of college (Pascarella, E. T , and…”
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Examining the Impact of Interdisciplinary Programs on Student Learning by Lattuca, Lisa R., Knight, David, Seifert, Tricia A., Reason, Robert D., Liu, Qin

“…We investigated how learning outcomes of students majoring in interdisciplinary fields differ from those of students in discipline-based majors. We found that…”
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Lip Service or Actionable Insights? Linking Student Experiences to Institutional Assessment and Data-Driven Decision Making in Higher Education by Cox, Bradley E., Reason, Robert D., Tobolowsky, Barbara F., Brower, Rebecca L., Patterson, Shawna, Luczyk, Sarah, Roberts, Kari

“…Despite an increasing focus on issues of accountability, assessment, and data-driven decision making (DDDM) within the postsecondary context, assumptions…”
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Developing and Assessing Personal and Social Responsibility in College: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 164 by Reason, Robert D

“…In 2007, wanting to expand higher education's civic engagement conversation, the Association of American Colleges and Universities launched the Core…”
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Climate for Learning and Students' Openness to Diversity and Challenge: A Critical Role for Faculty by Ryder, Andrew J., Reason, Robert D., Mitchell, Joshua J., Gillon, Kathleen, Hemer, Kevin M.

“…Utilizing data from 15 institutions that participated in the 2013 and 2014 administrations of the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory (PSRI), this…”
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A Culture of Teaching: Policy, Perception, and Practice in Higher Education by Cox, Bradley E., McIntosh, Kadian L., Reason, Robert D., Terenzini, Patrick T.

“…In an effort to identify policies that foster an institutional "culture of teaching," or encourage use of effective pedagogies, this study uses data from 5,612…”
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Factors Shaping Students' Perceptions of Campus Climate for Civic Learning and Engagement by Hemer, Kevin M., Reason, Robert D., Ryder, Andrew J.

“…This study examined the student characteristics, student engagement, and the campus climate for civic learning and engagement. Using 13,780 student responses…”
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Understanding Interdisciplinarity: Curricular and Organizational Features of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs by Knight, David B., Lattuca, Lisa R., Kimball, Ezekiel W., Reason, Robert D.

“…Though the number of interdisciplinary undergraduate programs has increased rapidly over the past several decades, little empirical research has characterized…”
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Students' Use of Optional Online Reviews and Its Relationship to Summative Assessment Outcomes in Introductory Biology by Carpenter, Shana K, Rahman, Shuhebur, Lund, Terry J. S, Armstrong, Patrick I, Lamm, Monica H, Reason, Robert D, Coffman, Clark R

“…Retrieval practice has been shown to produce significant enhancements in student learning of course information, but the extent to which students make use of…”
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Improving Student Outcomes of Community-Based Programs through Peer-to-Peer Conversation by Mitchell, Joshua J, Gillon, Kathleen E, Reason, Robert D, Ryder, Andrew J

“…The authors used the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory (PSRI), a nationally available campus climate assessment, for this study. The PSRI, which…”
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