Student Success Literature & Resources

Cohen, G., Garcia, J., Apfel, N., & Master, A. (2006). Reducing the racial achievement gap: A social-psychological intervention.Science, 313(5791), 1307-1310. doi: 10.1126/science.1128317. View Abstract | CSUN Library Access Required: View the article

Dwyer,R. E., Mccloud, L., & Hodson, R. (2012). Debt and Graduation from American Universities. Social Forces, 90(4), 1133-1155.doi:10.1093/sf/sos072.
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EAB (2019). 5 Surprising Leading Indicators of Student Success Disparities. Retrieved September 5, 2019 from https://eab.com/insights/expert-insight/academic-affairs/5-surprising-leading-indicators-of-student-success-disparities/ View the article

EAB (2016). The Evolving Role of Faculty in Student Success, EAB Publication, 28, Retrieved August 2016.

Gulley, N. Y. (2016), Defining Students as Nontraditional Is Inaccurate and Damaging, Inside Higher Ed, Retrieved August 2016.

Hutchens, Kelli; Deffendall, Matthew; and Peabody,Michael (2011). Supporting First Generation College Students,Kentucky Journal of Higher Education Policy and Practice: Vol.1: Issue 1, Article 4.
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Inkelas, K. K., Daver, Z. E., Vogt, K. E., &Leonard, J. B. (2006). Living–Learning Programs and First-GenerationCollege Students’ Academic and Social Transition to College.Research in Higher Education, 48(4), 403-434.doi:10.1007/s11162-006-9031-6
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Jury, M., Smeding, A.,& Darnon, C. (2015). First-generation students’ underperformance at university: The impact of the function of selection.Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00710.
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Koch, Andrew K. Many Thousands Failed: A Wakeup Call to History Educators. Perspectives on History. American Historical Association, May 2017. Web. 19 May 2017.
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Ladson-Billings, G. (2006). From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools.Educational Researcher, 35(7), 3-12.doi:10.3102/0013189x035007003
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Lee, J. (2002). Racial and Ethnic Achievement Gap Trends: Reversing the Progress Toward Equity?Educational Researcher, 31(1), 3-12. doi:10.3102/0013189x031001003
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Mccarron, G. P., & Inkelas, K. K. (2006). The Gap between Educational Aspirations and Attainment for First-Generation College Students and the Role of Parental Involvement. Journal of College Student Development, 47(5), 534-549.doi:10.1353/csd.2006.0059
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Murphy, C., & Stewart, J. (2015). The impact of online or f2f lecture choice on student achievement and engagement in a large lecture-based science course: Closing the gap. Online Learning, 19(3), 91-110.
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Oldfield, K. (2007). Humble and hopeful: Welcoming first-generation poor and working-class students to college. About Campus, 11(6), 2-12. doi: 10.1002/abc.188
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Oldfield, K. (2012). Still humble and hopeful: Two more recommendations on welcoming first-generation poor and working-class students to college. About Campus, 17(5), 2-13.
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Oyserman, D., & Destin, M. (2010). Identity-Based Motivation: Implications for Intervention. The Counseling Psychologist. doi:10.1177/0011000010374775
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Smelding, A., Darnon, C., Souchal, C., Toczek-Capelle, M., & Bitera, F. (2013). Reducing the Socio-Economic Status Achievement Gap at University by Promoting Mastery-Oriented Assessment. PLOS|One, 8(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071678
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Stephens, N., Fryberg, S., Markus, H., Johnson, C., Covarrubias, R., et al. (2012). Unseen disadvantage: How American universities' focus on independence undermines the academic performance of first-generation college students. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(6), 1178-1197. doi: 10.1037/a0027143
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Stephens, N. M., Hamedani, M. G., & Destin, M. (2014). Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap: A Difference-Education Intervention Improves First-Generation Students' Academic Performance and All Students' College Transition. Psychological Science, 25(4), 943-953. doi:10.1177/0956797613518349
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Tough, Paul (2014) Who Gets to Graduate, The New York Times Magazine.
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Williams, A., Birch, E., & Hancock, P. (2012). The impact of online lecture recordings on student performance. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(2). doi:10.14742/ajet.869.
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Wintre, M. G., Dilouya, B., Pancer, S. M., Pratt, M. W., Birnie-Lefcovitch, S., Polivy, J., & Adams, G. (2011). Academic achievement in first-year university: Who maintains their high school average? Higher Education, 62(4), 467-481. doi:10.1007/s10734-010-9399-2>.
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Attewell, P., & Monaghan, D. (2016). How many credits should an undergraduate take? Research in Higher Education. 57(6). 682-713 from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11162-015-9401-z
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Belfield, C., Jenkins, D., & Lahr, H. (2016, unpublished). Momentum: The academic and economic value of a 15-credit first-semester course load for college students in Tennessee. from https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/momentum-15-credit-course-load.pdf
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Complete College America (2019). Strategy in Focus: 15 to Finish. Retrieved August 9, 2019 from https://completecollege.org/strategy/15-to-finish/
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Credit Momentum Report

AACC presents: Addressing unconscious bias to create an inclusive campus community webinar. (2018, October 31). Retrieved from https://www.aacc.nche.edu/2018/09/18/aacc-presents-addressing-unconscious-bias-to-create-an-inclusive-campus-community-webinar/
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Aguilar, S. J. (2018, August 29). On belonging in the academy. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/08/29/new-tenure-track-scholar-considers-what-it-means-belong-academe-opinion
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Bensimon, E. (2018) Reclaiming racial justice in equity. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 50:3-4, 95-98. DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2018.1509623.
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Dechavez, Y. (2018, October 8). It's time to decolonize that syllabus. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-decolonize-syllabus-20181008-story.html
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EAB (2019). 5 Surprising Leading Indicators of Student Success Disparities. Retrieved from target=_blank>https://eab.com/insights/expert-insight/academic-affairs/5-surprising-leading-indicators-of-student-success-disparities/
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Gooblar, D. (2020, Feb. 20). We know what works to close the completion gap. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.chronicle.com/article/we-know-what-works-to-close-the-completion-gap/

Harris III, F., & Wood, J.L. (2018, October 25). Actually achieving equity [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjMYZa-v5M&feature=youtu.be
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Malcolm-Piqueux, L. Taking equity-minded action to close equity gaps. Peer Review, 19 (2). Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2017/Spring/Malcom-Piqueux
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Michaud, K., Bowen, L., Oh, J., & Adams, E. A data-informed approach to advancing equity. Peer Review, 19 (2). Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2017/Spring/Michaud
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Tough, P. (2014, May 15). Who gets to graduate? The New York Times magazine. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html

Sathy, V. and Hogan, K. Want to reach all of your students? Here’s how to make your teaching more inclusive. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-make-your-teaching-more-inclusive/

Selingo, J. (2018, June 8). Why do so many students drop out of college? And what can be done about it? The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/06/08/why-do-so-many-students-drop-out-of-college-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/?noredirect=on
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AACC Guided Pathways Project: https://www.aacc.nche.edu/programs/aacc-pathways-project

Bailey, T. (2017). Guided pathways at community colleges: From theory to practice Diversity & Democracy, 20 (4). https://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2017/fall/bailey
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California Community Colleges Guided Pathways: http://cccgp.cccco.edu/

California Guided Pathways: https://www.caguidedpathways.org

Complete College America (2019). College on purpose: A guide to implementing the Purpose First strategy— the missing link between career choice, guided pathways, and first-year momentum. Retrieved November 8, 2019 from http://completecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PurposeFirst_Report_Full.pdf
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EAB (n.d.). Bringing guided pathways to life. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://eab.com/technology/on-demand-webconference/student-success/bringing-guided-pathways-to-life/ (free registration required)
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Haskins, J. (2016). How meta-majors guide students toward on-time graduation. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://eab.com/insights/unknown/student-success/how-meta-majors-guide-students-toward-on-time-graduation/
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Fairfax, M. (2019, April 24). What is Guided Pathways—and why are we still talking about it? [web log comment]. Retrieved from https://eab.com/insights/blogs/community-college/what-is-guided-pathways-and-why-are-we-still-talking-about-it/
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Jenkins, D., Lahr, H., Fink, J. & Ganga, E. (2018). What we are learning about guided pathways: Part 1: A reform moves from theory to practice. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED582819.pdf
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Jenkins, D., Lahr, H., Fink, J. & Ganga, E. (2018). What we are learning about guided pathways: Part 2: Case studies. Retrieved from http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/guided-pathways-part-2-case-studies.pdf
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Mullins Veney, R. & Sugimoto, L.H. (2017). Transforming higher education: The guided pathways approach. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/6/transforming-higher-education-the-guided-pathways-approach
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National Center for Inquiry and Improvement Guided Pathways Resource Series: http://ncii-improve.com/gprs

Reed, M. (2015, November 8). Meta-majors, sampler platters, and sneaky ambition. [web log comment]. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/meta-majors-sampler-platters-and-sneaky-ambition
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Strobel, N. & Christian, S. (2016). What is the “Guided Pathways Model?” Retrieved from https://committees.kccd.edu/sites/committees.kccd.edu/files/H.%20Pathways-Model%20NS.pdf
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Waugh, A. (2016). Meta-majors: An essential first step on the path to college completion. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://jfforg-prod-prime.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/Meta-Majors07-07-20161.pdf
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ZumMallen, R. (2016). Meet the 'meta-major'. Retrieved November 7, 2019 from https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Meet-the-Meta-Major.aspx
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