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Colleges as Communities: Taking Research on Student Persistence Seriously
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 21, Number 2, Winter 1998
- pp. 167-177
- 10.1353/rhe.1998.a30046
- Article
- Additional Information
What would our colleges and universities look like if we took seriously the research on student persistence? What reforms in organization and pedagogy would we pursue if we used the findings on the impacts on college on students' persistence as a guide for our thinking? This paper argues that colleges and universities would be best served by reorganizing themselves in ways that promote greater educational community among students, faculty, and staff.