Category: Student Retention
5 Practical Tips to Accelerate Student Retention Rate (#4 critical)
Despite meticulous research done by students before enrolling in a college or university, many drop out before graduation, mostly in their first year...
Department of Education Publishes Best Practices for Improving At-Risk Student’ Success Outcomes
This month, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) published 6 best practices and supporting implementation guides for post-secondary institutions ...
Why Mobile App for higher education is an absolute must in the current era?
In the past several years, the use of smartphones has quickly evolved from a fringe curiosity to an absolute necessity in today’s connected world. The...
The 3 I’s of Student Retention
The student attrition problem has become a major concern for both public and private universities. According to the National Center for Education Stat...
Need for Early Alert Systems in Higher Education
The challenge of student retention has become an important concern for colleges and universities globally. The data below is for the United States, bu...
Student retention success – breaking open a long-time secret
Why is student retention success important?
Our student population is very diverse in age, demographics, race, and gender. There had been several stud...
Knowing the first-year experience of students
What is the first-year experience of students?
It is all about a whirlwind of excitement and questions: How will my course and course instructors be? ...