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  • Academic Advising and the First College Year edited by Jennifer R. Fox and Holly E. Martin
  • Ascend to Higher Retention Rates: Practical Strategies for Increasing Retention, Completion, and Student Success by Jared Tippets and Eric Kirby
  • Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide by Linda Suskie
  • Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Barbara E. Walvoord
  • Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success by Tia Brown McNair, Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicole McDonald, and Thomas Major, Jr.
  • College Students' Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students by Terrell L. Strayhorn
  • Data Visualization: A Handbook for Data Driven Design by Andy Kirk
  • Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data by Stephanie D. H. Evergreen
  • Enhancing Assessment in Higher Education: Putting Psychometrics to Work by Tammie Cumming and M. David Miller
  • From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education by Tia Brown McNair, Estela Mara Bensimon, and Lindsey Malcolm-Piqueux
  • Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How it Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman
  • How College Students Succeed: Making Meaning Across Disciplinary Perspectives edited by Nicholas A. Bowman
  • Improving How Universities Teach Science: Lessons from the Science Education Initiative by Carl Wieman
  • Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
  • Mindset: Changing The Way You Think To Fulfil [sic] Your Potential by Dr. Carol S. Dweck
  • Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology by Michelle D. Miller
  • Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
  • Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality by Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton
  • Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid and the Betrayal of the American Dream by Sara Goldrick-Rab
  • Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs by Lauren Rivera
  • Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact by Stephanie D. H. Evergreen
  • Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, and Annie McKee 
  • Promoting Belonging, Growth Mindset, and Resilience to Foster Student Success by Amy Baldwin, Bryce Bunting, Doug Daugherty, Latoya Lewis, and Tim Steenbergh
  • Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling
  • Real-Time Student Assessment by Peggy L. Maki
  • StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
  • Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented Students: A Research-Based Guide for Faculty and Administrators by Becky Wai-Ling Packard
  • Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning by José Antonio Bowen
  • Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes by José Antonio Bowen
  • Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation by Saundra Yancy McGuire with Stephanie McGuire
  • Teach Yourself How to Learn: Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level by Saundra Yancy McGuire with Stephanie McGuire
  • The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  • The First-Generation Student Experience: Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success by Jeff Davis
  • The Future of Undergraduate Education, The Future of America by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
  • The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack
  • The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be by Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner
  • The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough
  • Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success edited by Laurie A. Schreiner, Michelle C. Louis, and Denise D. Nelson
  • Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership: A Guide to Implementing the Transparency Framework Institution-Wide to Improve Learning and Retention by Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Allison Boye, Suzanne Tapp, Peter Felten, and Ashley Finley
  • Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) by Susan D. Blum
  • What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, and Mallory E. SoRelle
  • "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It": Resistance to Change in Higher Education by Brian Rosenberg
  • Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
  • You Are a Data Person: Strategies for Using Analytics on Campus by Amelia Parnell