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Related Readings for Chapter 2

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. (2004). The college transfer student in America: The forgotten student. Washington, DC: Author.

Andreatta, B. J. (1998). The effects of social and academic integration on the retention of first year university students: A quantitative and qualitative study. (Doctoral dissertation, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1998). Dissertation Abstracts International, 59(07), 2375.

Benton, S. A., Robertson, J. M., Tseng, W., Newton, F. B., & Benton, S. L. (2003). Changes in counseling center client problems across 13 years. Professional psychology: Research and practice, 34(1), 66–72.

Carolan, C. (2002). The ABCs of credit card finance: Essential facts for students. Burlingame, CA: Center for Student Credit Card Education, Inc.

Chickering, A. W., & Reiser, L. (1993). Education and identity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Davis, R. & DeBarros, A. (January 24, 2006). In college, first year is by far the riskiest. USA Today.

King, P. (2009, November/December). Principles of development and developmental change underlying theories of cognitive and moral development. Journal of College Student Development, Vol 50 (6), pp. 597-620.

Kohlberg, L. (1976). Moral stages and moralization: The cognitive-developmental approach. In T. Lickona (Ed.). Moral development and behavior: Theory, research and social issues. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Magolda, M. (2009, November/December). The activity of meaning making: A holistic perspective on college student development. Journal of College Student Development, Vol 50 (6), pp. 621-639.

Mouton, M. (Spring, 2005). Understanding Transfer Students. TheJournal of College Orientation and Transition.

NationalCenter for Education Statistics (NCES), (2010). Digest of education statistics, 2005. Retrieved from

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Nellie Mae. (2010). College students get wise about credit cards. Retrieved from

Pappano, L. (April 23, 2006). The Transfer Student Nightmare: Getting Credit Where Credit is Due. The New York Times.

Pappano, L. (April 23, 2006) Lost, Alone, and Not a Freshman. The New York Times.

Reason, R., Terenzini, P. & Domingo, R. (2007, Spring). Developing social and personal competence in the first year of college. The Review of Higher Education, Vol 30 (3), pp. 271-299.

Perry, W. (1970). Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.

Perry, W. (1981). Cognitive and ethical growth. In A. Chickering & Associates (Eds.). The modern American college: Responding to the new realities of diverse students and a changing society. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Robbins, A. & Wilner, A. (2001). Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenge of Life in Your Twenties. New York: Penguin.

Ruiz, S., Sharkness, J., Kelly, K., DeAngelo, L., & Pryor, J. (2010). Findings from the 2009 administration of Your FirstCollege Year (YFCY): National aggregates. Retrieved from

Schluchter, J. (Fall 2005). Understanding Transfer Students: Perceived Needs for Actual Successful Assimilation. The Journal of College Orientation and Transition.

Thomas, E. (June 2004). Transcending the Quarterlife Crisis. Utne Magazine.

Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition (2nd ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Townsend, B. & Wilson, K. (2006, July/August). “A hand hold for a little bit”: Factors facilitating the success of community college transfer students to a large research university. Journal of College Student Development, Vol 47 (4), pp. 439-456.

University of California, Santa Barbara. (2010). Responding to distressed students. Retrieved from