High-Impact Practice

New Student Orientation: References

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Astin, A. (1993). What Matters in College? Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

CAS. (2010). Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) - Standards for Orientation Programs (p. 17). Retrieved from http://standards.cas.edu/getpdf.cfm?PDF=E86E214E-E432-4BBA-8BCB03626D2495BD

Mullendore, R., & Banahan, L., (2005). Chapter 23 - Designing Orientation Programs. In Challenging and supporting the first-year student – a handbook for improving the first year of college, Upcraft, L., Gardner, J., & Barefoot, B. eds. Jossey-Bass.

Pascarella, E., Terenzini, P., & Wolfle, L. (1986). Orientation to College and Freshman Year Persistence/Withdrawal Decisions. Journal of Higher Education, 57(2), 155–175. https://doi.org/10.2307/1981479

Robinson, D., Burns, C., & Gaw, K. (1996). Orientation programs: a foundation for student learning and success. New Directions for Student Services, fall(75), 55–68.

Stephens, Hamedani, & Destin. (2014). Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap. Psychological Science, 25(4), 943–953. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613518349

Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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