By Dr. Michelle Meadors, Business Management Professor and Dr. Reginald Turner, Campus President, Westwood College, Northlake Campus
Although in many respects the for-profit colleges (also known as career colleges) have developed a more flexible and responsive system of delivering post secondary educational services, especially to adult students, proprietary institutions have not always exerted optimal effort with faculty engagement.
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Student Retention Begins Long Before the Student Gets to School
By John King, Ed.D., Independent Education Consultant
King shares insight on developing a student retention program that will help solve challenges falling into these three categories; cancels, early term drops and overall satisfactory academic progress.
King shares insight on developing a student retention program that will help solve challenges falling into these three categories; cancels, early term drops and overall satisfactory academic progress.
Re-thinking Retention: Institutions and Innovators at Work
By Timothy Gilbert
Students quitting college or transferring to one after another continues to rise. Two schools of thought have emerged about retention – and what to do about it.
Students quitting college or transferring to one after another continues to rise. Two schools of thought have emerged about retention – and what to do about it.
In Search of the Holy Grail of Student Retention
By John King Ed.D., Independent Education Consultant
Throughout my long career in public, not-for-profit and for-profit education, academics have been searching for that one magical tool or process that will ensure student retention, learning and ultimately graduation and employment in a career.
Academic Coaching: A Partnership for Success
By Tina D. Barbour Taylor, Ph.D., MSN, RN, Nursing Faculty/Academic Coach, Fortis Institute Pensacola, Florida
Educational contexts today must provide education to a diverse range of students with a variety of different learning needs. The purpose of this article is to provide information on the importance of academic coaching in engaging students and building a partnership for academic success.
Educational contexts today must provide education to a diverse range of students with a variety of different learning needs. The purpose of this article is to provide information on the importance of academic coaching in engaging students and building a partnership for academic success.