The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) hosted the 15th annual National Symposium on Student Retention in New Orleans on October 28-31, 2019. A diverse group of higher education professionals from academic affairs and student affairs attended. At the end of the conference, participants were asked “What one book or article is your ‘go-to’ reference for

guiding your student success efforts?”

We received more than 50 responses to this question and are pleased to share the results with you. A few of the responses provided a general reference rather than a specific title. We have

added those responses at the end of the Reference list.

Happy Reading!

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References

Bailey, T. R., Jaggars, S. S., & Jenkins, D. (2015). Redesigning America’s community colleges: A clearer path to student success. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Bichsel, J. (2012). Analytics in higher education: Benefits, barriers, progress, and recommendations. EDUCAUSE Center for Allied Research. Retrieved from https://library.educause.edu/~/media/files/library/2012/6/ers1207.pdf?la=en

Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (2008). The appreciative advising revolution. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing.

Braxton, J. M., Doyle, W. R., Hartley, H. V., Hirschy, A. S., Jones, W. A., & McLendon, M. K. (2014). Rethinking college student retention. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Brooks, K. (2010). You majored in what?: Mapping your path from chaos to career. New York: Plume.

Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

Collins, J. C. (2009). Good to great: Why some companies make the leap ... and others don’t. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

Council of Graduate Schools. (2013). Completion and attrition in STEM master’s programs: Pilot study findings. Washington, DC: Jeff Allum, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Robert Sowell, and Leila Gonzales.

Covey, S. R. (2005). The 8th habit: From effectiveness to greatness. New York: Free Press.

Drake, J. K., Jordan, P., & Miller, M. A., (Ed.). (2013). Academic advising approaches: Strategies that teach students to make the most of college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dweck, C. S. (2016). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Ballantine Books.

Ellis, K. (2016). It takes a campus: 15 initiatives to improve retention. Oxford, MS: Nautilus Publishing Company.

Evans, N., Forney, D. S., Guido, F., Patton, L. D., & Renn, K. A. (2016). Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Feldman, R. S. (2018). The first year of college: Research, theory, and practice on improving the student experience and increasing retention. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

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Felton, P., Gardner, J., Schroeder, C., Lambert, L., & Barefoot, B. (2016). The undergraduate experience. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Gordon, V. N. (1994). Academic advising: An annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Grites, T. J., & Duncan, C. (2013). Advising transfer students: Strategies for today’s realities and tomorrow’s challenges. Manhattan, KS: National Academic Advising Association.

Habley, W. R., Bloom, J. L., & Robbins, S. (2012). Increasing persistence: Research-based strategies for college student success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Harward, D. (2016). Well-being and higher education: A strategy for change and the realization of education’s greater purposes. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Howard, R. D., McLaughlin, G. W., & Knight, W. E. (2012). The Handbook of Institutional Research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Johnson, A. (2013). Excellent online teaching: Effective strategies for a successful semester online. San Bernardino, CA: Aaron Johnson.

Kane, G., Phillips, A., Copulsky, J., & Andrus, G. (2019). The technology fallacy: How people are the real key to digital transformation. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kotter, J. P., & Rathgeber, H. (2017). Our iceberg is melting: Changing and succeeding under any conditions. New York: Portfolio/Penguin.

Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J., & Whitt, E. (2010). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

McGuire, S. Y., & McGuire, S. (2015). Teach students how to learn: Strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

McGuire, S. Y., & McGuire, S. (2018). Teach yourself how to learn: Strategies you can use to ace any course at any level. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

McLaughlin, G., Howard, R., McLaughlin, J., & Knight, W. (Eds.) (2018). Building bridges for student success: A sourcebook for colleges and universities. Norman, OK: Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange.

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McNair, T. B., Bensimon, E., Cooper, M., McDonald, N., & Major, T., Jr. (2016). Becoming a Student-ready college: A new culture of leadership for student success. Somerset: Wiley.

Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.

Patterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., Switzler, A., & Maxfield, D. G. (2012). Crucial conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high (2nd ed.). Singapore: McGraw-Hill.

Phillips, B. C., & Horowitz, J. E. (2017). Creating a data-informed culture in community colleges: A new model for educators. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Ruiz, M. (2017). The four agreements: A practical guide to personal freedom. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing.

Scott, K. (2019). Radical candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Seidman, A. (Ed.). (2012). College student retention: Formula for student success (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Sire, J. W. (2004). Naming the elephant: Worldview as a concept. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Sterling, A. J. (2018). Student experiences in the second year: Advancing strategies for success beyond the first year of college. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 5(4), 136-149. doi:10.1002/sem3.20113

Strayhorn, T. L. (2012). College students’ sense of belonging: A key to educational success for all students. New York: Routledge.

Thomas, J. (2016, Aug 23). How to win a drone in 20 lines of R code. Retrieved from https://mlr-org.com/docs/2016-08-23-how-to-win-a-drone-in-20-lines-of-r-code/

Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving college. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Tinto, V. (2012). Completing college: Rethinking institutional action. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Tippets, J., & Kirby, E. (2019). Ascend to higher retention rates: Practical strategies for increasing student retention, completion, and student success. Minneapolis, MN: NODA-Association for Orientation,Transistion and Retention in Higher Education.

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Tracy, B. (2017). Eat that frog!: 21 great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time (3rd ed.). Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Venit, E. (2015). What health care can teach us about student success. EAB. Retrieved from https://eab.com/

Venit, E. (2016). Imagining a population health model for student success. EAB. Retrieved from https://eab.com/

Verschelden, C. (2017). Bandwidth recovery: Helping students reclaim cognitive resources lost to poverty, racism, and social marginalization. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Washington, D. (2011). Life is a choice: A guide to success in life. Raleigh, NC: Washington & Company, LLC.

Whitaker, T. (2013). What great teachers do differently. New York, NY: Routledge.

General Suggestions

AACU publications – http://aacu.org

EAB daily emails – http://eab.com

Gallup-Purdue Reports – http://purdue.edu/newsroom/gallup/reports.html

Inside Higher Ed – http://insidehighered.com

NACADA Advising Handbooks – https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Clearinghouse/View-Arti-cles/Handbooks-Index.aspx

The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://chronicle.com

Vincent Tinto – Research from any year

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