PUBLICATIONS
Higher Education Issues Addressed at Conference, New Britain Herald, October 15, 2019
It’s Time for Truth to Challenge Power, CT Mirror, November 21, 2017
‘Seamless counseling' can stay the course, New London Day, May 12, 2014
Higher College Costs = Higher Student Debt, CHERE, April 17, 2014
College Retention is Everyone’s Challenge, CT Mirror, March 27, 2014
High Impact Retention Practices
Retention – the persistence of students from enrollment to graduation – results from many factors that occur over time. The “big picture” for retention is a continuum that links K-12 education to higher education, and that recognizes “risk factors” inherent to underrepresented children and youth that are often not eliminated when those youth enroll in some type of higher education.
Efforts to address this achievement gap – sometimes called an “opportunity gap” – need to be viewed on a continuum requiring collaboration among public and private sector partners, and where no one partner (e.g., state government, public schools, public colleges and universities, private higher ed institutions, community-based organizations) can dictate strategies.
This comprehensive review, gleaned from multiple sources and compiled by CHERE Director David Johnston, between 2014 and 2020, shares highlights of High Impact Retention Practices.
