The SAGA Resource Collection is comprised of books, articles and video recordings held locally in the Lane Library. These materials are maintained for the purpose of supporting the work and activities of the Student Success & Goal Attainment Committee (SAGA). Interested college staff are welcome to use the collection for learning more about current research in the field of student retention.
Any questions about the resources in the collection may be addressed to David L. Doctor, Reference Librarian.
All the books listed below are accessible via the Lane Library Catalog
Academic Advising for Student Success : A System of Shared Responsibility by Susan H. Frost
Call number: LB2343 .F76 1991
Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success by Al Siebert
Call number: LB2343.32 .S556 2003
Beyond Access : Methods and Models for Increasing Retention and
Learning Among Minority Students by Steven A. Aragon
Call number: LB2328 .N473 2000
Bridges to Student Success : Exemplary Programs, 2003 by
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and
National Council on Student Development
Call number: LB2343.4 .B75 2003
Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student : A Handbook
for Improving the First Year of College by M. Lee Upcraft, et.al.
Call number: LB2343.3 .U63 2005
Community College : Opportunity and Access for America's First-
Year Students by Edited by Joseph N. Hankin
Call number: LB2343 .C65 1996
Current Practices in Academic Advising : Final report on ACT's
Fifth National Survey of Academic Advising by Wesley R. Habley
Call number: LB2343 .H32 1998
Designing Successful Transitions : A Guide for Orienting Students
to College by Jeanine A Ward-Roof
Call number: LB2343.32 .D47
2003
Facilitating the Career Development of Students in Transition by Paul A. Gore, Editor
Call number: LB2343.4 .F33 2005
First Impressions, Lasting Impact : Introducing the First-Year
Student to the Academic Library by Julia K. Nims
Call number: Z711.2 .F57 2002
First-Year Academic Advising ; Patterns in the Present, Pathways
to the Future by Edited by M. Lee Upcraft
Call number: LB2343 .U8
1995
First-Year Student Library Instruction Programs by Debbie Malone
Call number: Z711.2 .F56 2003
Integrating the First-Year Experience : The Role of First-Year
Seminars in Learning Communities by Jean M. Henscheid
Call number: LB2343.32 .I58 2004
Involvement in Campus Activities and the Retention of First-Year
College Students by Tracy L. Skipper
Call number: LB2343.32 .I59
2003
Keys to Success in College, Career, and Life : How to Achieve
Your Goals by Carol Carter, et.al.
Call number: LB2343.32 .C37
2003
Learning Communities and the Academic Library by Sarah Pedersen
Call number: LB2331 .P43 2003
Learning Communities in Community Colleges by Julia Fogarty,
et.al.
Call number: LB2331 .L43 2003
Leaving College : Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student
Attrition by Vincent Tinto
Call number: LC148.15 .T56 1993
Life at the Edge of the Wave : Lessons from the Community
College by Marguerite M. Culp
Call number: LB2328.15 .U62 1998
Making the Grade : Academic Libraries and Student Success
Edited by Maurie Caitlin Kelly
Call number: Z675 .U5 M326 2002
Major in Success : Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams,
and Get A Very Cool Job by Patrick Combs
Call number: LB2343.32 .C65 2003
Pedagogy of Possibilities : Developmental Education, College-
Level Studies and Learning Communities by Gillies Malnarich
Call number: LB2343.4 .M35 2003
Promising Practices in Recruitment, Remediation, and Retention
Gerald A. Gaither
Call number: LB2351.2 .P76 1999
Promoting Student Success in the Community College by Steven R.
Helfgot
Call number: LB2343 .P75 1995
Proving and Improving : Strategies for Assessing the First College
Year by Randy L. Swing
Call number: LB2343.4 .P78 2001
Proving and Improving : Tools and Techniques for Assessing the
First College Year by Randy L. Swing
Call number: LB2343.4 .P78
2004
Thinking About Teaching and Learning : Developing Habits of
Learning with First Year College and University Students by
Robert Leamnson
Call number: LB2331 .L39 1999
Transforming the First-Year of College for Students of Color by
Laura I. Rendon
Call number: LB2343.32 .T72 2004
The following videos are located at the Lane Library Circulation Desk:
Campus Collaborations to Foster Retention
[teleconference broadcast November 4, 1999]
Call number: MVP 763
Confronting Diversity Issues on Campus
[teleconference broadcast March 20, 1996]
Call number: MVP 667
Mastering the College Experience by Coastline Community College
Call number: MV 2114
College Student Retention Websites
Center for the Study of College Student Retention
The Center provides retention resources to individuals and educational institutions. Our aim is to provide researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive resource for finding information on college student retention and attrition.
NASPA Online
NASPA is the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice. NASPA provides professional development, promotes exemplary practices, and is a leader in policy development. NASPA helps senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhance student learning and development. NASPA promotes quality and high expectations; advocates for students; encourages diversity; and excels in research and publication.
National Resource Center For The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition has as its mission to build and sustain a vibrant campus-based and international educational community committed to the success of first-year college students and all students in transition. We achieve this mission by providing opportunities for the exchange of practical, theory-based information and ideas through the convening of conferences, teleconferences, institutes, and workshops; publishing monographs, a peer-reviewed journal, a newsletter, guides, and books; generating and supporting research and scholarship; hosting visiting scholars; and administering a web site and electronic listservs.
ON COURSE
Welcome to On Course! You'll find many resources at this site to support your efforts for improving student academic success and retention at your campus.
Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education, 2004-
This periodical is indexed in EBSCO's Professional Development Collection database located on the Lane Library homepage under Research Databases, Online Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries.