Wesley R. Habley - Increasing persistence: research-based strategies for college student success

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Figures 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 and Tables 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 8.5, 8.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10. 3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 are used by permission of ACT and are 2012 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved. Tables 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, and 8.10 Copyright by the American Psychological Association. Reproduced with permission. The Official citation that should be used in referencing this material is Robbins, S., Allen, J., Casillas, A., Peterson, C. H., & Le, H. (2006). Unraveling the differential effects of motivational and skills, social, and self-management measures from traditional predictors of college outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(3), 589. The use of this information does not imply endorsement by the publisher.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Habley, Wesley R.

Increasing persistence : research-based strategies for college student success / Wesley R. Habley, Jennifer L. Bloom, Steve Robbins.First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-88843-8 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-118-22108-2 (ebk.), ISBN 978-1-118-23484-6 (ebk.), ISBN 978-1-118-25947-4 (ebk.)

1. College dropoutsUnited StatesPrevention. I. Bloom, Jennifer L. II. Robbins, Steven B. III. Title.

LC148.15.H33 2012

378.169130973dc23

2012011835

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