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Engaging Students: Using Evidence to Promote Student Success 
by Francois Strydom, George Kuh & Sonja Loots (Eds.) (2017)

“[It] is the first comprehensive manuscript on research into 
student engagement in South African higher education. Each 
of the chapters has a clear, distinguishable focus and makes 
an original contribution in and of itself, while retaining the 
central focus on student engagement. The book provides 
a rich, informative picture of the current state of student 
engagement evaluation, while also highlighting challenges 
and opportunities for future advances. A particular strength 
of this publication is its emphasis on the importance of 

taking evidence-based decisions, and showing how the South African Survey of Student 
Engagement (SASSE) can provide the evidence for well-informed changes in policy and 
practice in order to enhance student success.”  – Professor Magda Fourie-Malherbe,  
 Stellenbosch University, South Africa

ISBN 978-1-928424-08-6 R335 260 pages
ISBN 978-1-928424-09-3 R265 (e-book) DOI: 10.18820/9781928424093 

Focus on First-Year Success: Perspectives emerging from South 
Africa and beyond by Brenda Leibowitz,  Antoinette van der 
Merwe & Susan van Schalkwyk (Eds.) [revised ed.] (2012)

“The importance of the first-year experience is now well 
recognised. This collection of papers makes a fascinating and 
important contribution to our understanding of students’ 
transition to higher education. This is a scholarly, engaging 
and illuminating text that is relevant not only in the context 
of South Africa but for anyone interested in student learning 
in the first year of university education.”  
 – Professor David Gosling, 
 Plymouth University, U.S.A.

ISBN 978-1-920338-12-1 R365 285 pages
ISBN 978-1-920338-22-0 Free (e-book) DOI: 10.18820/9781920338220

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