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James Roche is the associate provost for enrollment management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is responsible for the admissions and financial aid offices. Before coming to UMass, he was the associate vice president for enrollment management at Washington State University, where he also served as director of institutional research. Prior to his 10 years at Washington State, he was director of communications and director of research at EDUCAUSE in Boulder, Colorado. EDUCAUSE is an international higher education information technology association. Roche received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, his master’s degree in journalism from Marquette University, and a Ph.D. in mass communications from Indiana University. His research interests cover all aspects of admissions and financial aid, especially as they relate to student performance.

References

Chamorro-Premuzic, T. 2013. The five characteristics of successful innovators. Harvard Business Review. October 25.

College Board. 2007. Admission validity report for Washington State University entering class of fall 2006. Report requested June 5, 2007.

Cortes, Carla M. 2013. Profile in action: Linking admission and retention. In Reframing Retention Strategy for Institutional Improvement, New Directions for Higher Education, No. 161, edited by David H. Kalsbeek. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Green, T. 2013. Retention plans: Why they fail and how we can fix them. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly. 1(2).

Halvorson, H.G. 2011. Nine things successful people do differently. Harvard Business Review. February 25.

Judge, T.A., C.A. Higgins, C.J. Thoresen, and M.R. Barrick. 1999. The big five personality traits, general mental ability, and career success across the life span. Personnel Psychology. 52(3): 621–652.

Mangan, K. 2012. Traits of the ‘get it done’ personality: Laser focus, resilience, and true grit. The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 5.

Pychyl, T.A. 2012. Due tomorrow. Do tomorrow. Why do we procrastinate? Psychology Today. February 20.

Sternberg, R.J. 2013. Research to improve retention. Inside Higher Ed. February 7.

Stoeber, J., and J.H. Childs. 2010. The assessment of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism: Subscales make a difference. Journal of Personality Assessment. 92(6): 577–585.

Williams, R. 2009. The truth about successful people. Psychology Today online, May 26.

Endnotes

  1. This list was compiled from a variety of sources, both from popular media as well as academic research publications. For further readings see Chamorro-Premuzic (2013), Halvorson (2011), Judge, et al. (1999), Mangan (2012), Pychyl (2012), and Williams (2009).
  2. Merriam-Webster, s.v. “efficient.”
  3. See Stoeber and Childs (2010) and “Perfectionism (psychology),” Wikipedia, last modified January 3, 2014.
  4. “Procrastination,” Wikipedia, last modified January 3, 2014.
  5. “Psychological resilience,” Wikipedia, last modified December 29, 2013.
  6. Merriam-Webster, s.v. “decisive.”

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