Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

AC 2010-1414: USING AN ADAPTIVE TINTO FRAMEWORK TO INTERPRETSUCCESSES OF TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS IN RETAINING ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSHeather Evans, University of Washington Heather Evans is a Research Assistant at the Center for Workforce Development at the University of Washington. She is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology and a Fellow in the Comparative Law and Society Studies program at UW. Her research employs mixed methodologies, including ethnographic fieldwork and statistical analysis. Broadly, she is interested in ways in which institutions reproduce social inequality, how new social spaces are created, and perceptions of citizenship among marginalized people.Priti Mody-Pan