Tinto, V. (1987) .Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Upcraft, M., Gardner, J., Barefoot, B. and Associates (2005). Challenging and supporting the first-year student: A handbook for improving the first year of college. San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
ACT Policy Reports: What Works in Student Retention?
http://www.act.org/path/policy/reports/retain.html
Shaping the Future: Aspiration, Assessment, Action! Teleconference presented by the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, December 2, 2004.
Teleconference resource packet available at http://www.sc.edu/fye/fya/ResourcePacket.pdf
