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John M. Braxton, Ed.D., has two major programs of research. One program centers on the study of college and university faculty members. Faculty scholarly role performance and the normative structures of undergraduate college teaching and research are the primary foci of this particular program of research. His other program of research focuses on the college student experience in general and the college student departure process in particular. Within this program of research, Professor Braxton conducts research on college student departure, assesses current theory on college student departure, and constructs and tests theory on this phenomenon. Professor Braxton has published over 110 publications in the form of articles in refereed journals, books, and book chapters. Of his books, 5 are full-length co-authored and 12 are edited books. His full-length books include Rethinking College Student Retention (with William Doyle, Harold Hartley, Amy Hirschy, Willis Jones, and Michael McLendon), Professors Behaving Badly (with Eve Proper and Alan Bayer), Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching (with Alan Bayer), and Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer’s Four Domains (with William Luckey and Patricia Helland). Braxton is a recipient of the Research Achievement Award bestowed by the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the Contribution to Knowledge Award given by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)–College Student Educators International. Both awards are for outstanding contributions to knowledge that advance the understanding of higher education. Professor Braxton served as the ninth editor of theJournal of College Student Development for 7 years, from 2008 to 2015. He currently serves as an associate editor for Higher Education: A Handbook of Theory and Research. He is also a past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Clay H. W. Francis is a doctoral student in the Department of Leadership, Policy, & Organizations at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. His research investigates the ways that institutional and state-level policies promote persistence in higher education. Before joining Peabody, Clay taught in a variety of settings, including several secondary and postsecondary institutions. His passion for higher education stems from his time as a mentor and faculty-in-residence for first-generation college students at Middle Tennessee State University. Clay has a master’s degree in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School and a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish from Middle Tennessee State University.

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Braxton J., Doyle, W., Hartley, H., Hirschy, A., Jones, W., and McLendon, M. 2014. Rethinking College Student Retention. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Braxton, J.M., Hartley, H.W., and Lyken-Segosebe, D. 2015 Students at risk in residential and commuter colleges and universities. In Handbook on Strategic Enrollment Management (pp. 289–310), edited by D. Hossler and R. Bontrager. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Braxton, J.M., McKinney, J., and Reynolds, P. 2006. Cataloging institutional efforts to understand and reduce college student departure. In Improving Academic Success: Using Persistence Research to Address Critical Challenges, New Directions for Institutional Research (pp. 25–32), edited by E.P. St. John. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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