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retention 101. The Educational Policy Institute’s. Professional Development Workshop. PART V: Best Practices. Virginia Beach, VA September 30 – October 2, 2007. Polling Question.

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  1. retention 101 The Educational Policy Institute’s Professional Development Workshop PART V: Best Practices Virginia Beach, VA September 30 – October 2, 2007

  2. Polling Question • My campus has an expectation that best practices (evidence-based practices) are used to improve student retention and success. • Always • Sometimes • Rarely • Never

  3. 10 Best Practices • Supplemental instruction • Learning communities • Quality Engagement • Internships • Undergraduate research • Study abroad • Service learning

  4. 10 Best Practices (continued) The following 7 recommendations come from the Educational Policy Institute Report: Latino Student & the educational pipeline by Swail, Cabrera, Lee and Williams (2005) • Make certain that classroom and out-of-classroom experiences are geared to enhance learning acquisition and use of competencies (engagement opportunities) • Provide appropriate levels of academic and social “safety nets,” for students (EPO, Early Alert, Early Contact).

  5. 10 Best Practices (continued) • Track student progress throughout the postsecondary experience, with special emphasis on the freshman year (1st year data collection and analysis, data mining) • Stress financial aid policies and programs to enable students to maintain continuous enrollment while bringing about engagement with faculty and academic staff (Disenrollment and scholarship policies)

  6. 10 Best Practices (continued) • Adopt a long-term strategy whereby year-to-year persistence strategies are articulated with the objective of securing a four-year degree (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year programming and data analysis, strategic/action planning) • Provide invasive counseling for students to encourage continuous enrollment and prudent course selection (advisor to student ratio, professional advising, 1st 6 weeks, identify academic/personal challenges and respond)

  7. 10 Best Practices(continued) • Link the financial aid office with academic and social services to ensure that students are provided with a coordinated level of support that encourages continued enrollment and progress toward student goals (Committees and taskforces to review, rewrite and recommend new policy to better serve students.)

  8. Pan-Canadian Study of College Exemplary Practices in Learning Programs, Practices and Services Checklist: Overview of Submissions

  9. Key Questions • Are the following programs, practices or services available on your campus? • How broadly is it offered? • College wide, campus, faculty, program • How is it delivered? • Passive, proactive, mandatory

  10. Potential Programs, Practices, Services

  11. Potential Programs, Practices, Services

  12. Potential Programs, Practices, Services

  13. Potential Programs, Practices, Services

  14. Services Most Frequently Offered

  15. Services Least Frequently Offered

  16. Secondary School Liaison/High school Visits

  17. Campus Tours

  18. Career Counselling

  19. Timing of Practice: Student Group

  20. Barriers to Implementation

  21. Pan-Canadian Study of College Exemplary Practices in Learning PART II First-Year Orientation and Policy Context

  22. Gardner’s Eleven Dimensions of Excellence

  23. Gardner’s Eleven Dimensions of Excellence

  24. Other Supporting Policies

  25. Other Supporting Policies

  26. Other Supporting Policies

  27. Pan-Canadian Study of College Exemplary Practices in Learning Part III Research on the First Year

  28. Student Profile Research

  29. Student Experience Research

  30. Outcomes Research

  31. Outcomes Prediction Research

  32. Pan-Canadian Study of College Exemplary Practices in Learning Part IV Overview of Exemplary Practice Submissions

  33. Focus of Practices

  34. Specific Target Group: Students

  35. Specific Target Group: Students

  36. Cognitive Factors Social Factors The Student Experience Institutional Factors

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  38. retention 101 The Educational Policy Institute’s Professional Development Workshop PART V: Best Practices Virginia Beach, VA September 30 – October 2, 2007

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