Class, Poverty, & Low-Income Students

1) How does this week’s readings add to our understanding of how class, poverty, and income impact college student retention/persistence? 2) Identify ONE data point/fact or piece of information that stood
out to you from this week’s readings. List the data point/fact/information and tell us why it stood out to you?
Sources/ reading
Readings:

1. [Reserves] Crisp, G., & Mina, L. (2012). The community college: Retention trends and issues. In A. Seidman
   (Ed.), College student retention: Formula for student success (2nd ed., pp. 139-154).
   Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
2. 2. [Read Intro & Overview (pp. 1-7), Intro to Pre-Tech Students (pp. 14-19), Methodolody - specifically the
   1st paragraph that provides an overview of methods (p. 39)]
3. Jacobs-Biden, J. (2007). Student retention at the community college: Meeting students' needs (Publication
4. 1. [Analysis Pages 44-73] Jacobs-Biden, J. (2007). Student retention at the community college: Meeting
   students' needs (Publication No. 3247570). [Doctoral dissertation, University of Delaware]. ProQuest
   Dissertations Publishing. PermaLink: https://tinyurl.com/yx8hgrq6 2. [Course Reserves] Pendakur, S. L. (2016).
   Empowerment agents: Developing staff and faculty to support students at the margins. In V. Pendakur (Ed.),
   Closing the opportunity gap: Identityconscious strategies for retention and student success (pp. 109-125).
   Herndon: Stylus Publishing. Optional: 1. Bensimon, E. M. (2007). The underestimated significance of
   practitioner knowledge in the scholarship on student success. Review of Higher Education, 30(4), 441-469.
   Permanent Link: http://tinyurl.com/yxkpnmya 2. [Recommendations Pages 74-80] Jacobs-Biden, J. (2007).
   Student retention at the community college: Meeting students' needs (Publication No. 3247570). [Doctoral
   dissertation, University of Delaware]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. PermaLink:
   https://tinyurl.com/yx8hgrq6 3. [Reserves; Read Preface & Chapter 10] Magolda, P. (2016). The lives of
   campus custodians: Insights into corporatization and civic disengagement in the academy. Sterling, VA: Stylus
   Publishing.
5. Readings: 1. [Course Reserves] Munin, A., & Enos, M. (2016). Food, shelter, and success: Mitigating risk for
   low-income college students. In V. Pendakur (Ed.), Closing the opportunity gap: Identity-conscious strategies
   for retention and student success (pp. 126-144). Herndon: Stylus Publishing. 2. [Course Reserves] Schuh, J.
   H., & Gansemer-Topf, A. (2012). Finances and retention: Trends and potential implications. In A. Seidman
   (Ed.), College student retention: Formula for student success (2nd ed., pp. 101-114). Lanham, MD: Rowman &
   Littlefield. 3. Hossler, D., Ziskin, M., Gross, J. P. K., Kim, Sooyeon, & Cekic, O. (2009). Student aid and its role
   in encouraging persistence. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education Handbook of Theory and Research, 24,
   389-425. Retrieved from http://pas.indiana.edu/pdf/Student%20Aid%20and%20Its%20Role.pdf Optional: 1.
   Kruger, K., Parnell, A., & Wesaw, A. (2016). Landscape analysis of emergency aid programs. e National
   Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Retrieved from
   https://www.naspa.org/files/dmfile/Emergency_Aid_Report.pdf 2. Gross, J. P. K., Hossler, D., Ziskin, M., &
   Berry, M. (2015). Institutional merit-based aid and student departure: A longitudinal analysis. Review of Higher
   Education, 38(2), 221-250. 3. Deming, D., & Dynarski, S. (2009). Into college, out of poverty? Policies to
   increase the postsecondary attainment of the poor. NBER Working Paper 15387. Cambridge, MA: National
   Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved from https://www.nber.org/papers/w15387.pdf 4. Muraskin, L., & Lee,
   J. (2004). Raising the graduation rates of low-income college students. Washington, DC: The Pell Institute for
   the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. 5. Goldrick-Rab, S. (2006). Following their every move: An
   investigation of social-class differences in college pathways. Sociology of Education, 79(1), 61-79. Permanent
   Link: http://tinyurl.com/yy67qmy6 6. Paulsen, M. B., & St. John, E. P. (2002). Social class and college costs:
   Examining the financial nexus between college choice and persistence. The Journal of Higher Education,
   73(2), 189-236. 7. Titus, M. A. (2006a). Understanding college degree completion of students with low
   socioeconomic status: The influence of the institutional financial context. Research in Higher Education, 47(4),
   371-398. Permanent Link: http://tinyurl.com/y2sj79fl 8. Goldrick-Rab, S., & Pfeffer, F. T. (2009). Beyond access:
   Explaining socioeconomic differences in college transfer. Sociology of Education, 82(2), 101-105.