How College Students Succeed

<p>Receiving a college education has perhaps never been more important than it is today. While its personal societal and overall economic benefits are well documented too many college students fail to complete their postsecondary education. As colleges and universities are investing substantial resources into efforts to counter these attrition rates and increase retention they are mostly unaware of the robust literature on student success that is often bounded in disciplinary silos. The purpose of this book is to bring together in a single volume the extensive knowledge on college student success. It includes seven chapters from authors who each synthesize the literature from their own field of study or perspective. Each describes the theories models and concepts they use; summarizes the key findings from their research; and provides implications for practice policy and/or research. The disciplinary chapters offer perspectives from higher education public policy behavioral economics social psychology STEM sociology and critical and post-structural theory.</p>