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What Works in Student Retention at Four-Year Private Colleges

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What Works in Student Retention at Four-Year Private Colleges
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Overview

This webinar will report on the results of ACT�s fourth national �What Works in Student Retention� survey. Data from more that 450 four-year private colleges was collected in the Spring of 2009. The webinar will report on the coordination of retention services, retention and degree completion rates, student and institutional factors contributing to attrition, and perceived effectiveness of more that 90 retention interventions. Data will be cross-walked into retention and degree completion rates to ascertain practices that differentiate institutions with high retention and persistence to degree rates from those with low rates. Finally, results of the survey will be compared with those of the 2004 survey to determine if any changes have taken place in the last five years.

Topics that will be addressed:

Based on responses to the �What Works in Student Retention� survey participants will learn about:

Current retention and persistence to degree rates
Coordination of retention services
Student characteristics that contribute to attrition
Institutional characteristics that contribute to attrition
Perceived effectiveness of 92 retention interventions
Strategies perceived to have the greatest impact on retention

Who should attend?

Academic and student affairs executives
Support program managers
Faculty
Retention Coordinators
Retention task force members

Who is the speaker?

Dr. Wes Habley - Wesley R. Habley is a Principal Associate and Coordinator of ACT�s Office of State Organizations. He received his BS in music education and M.Ed. in student personnel from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, and his Ed.D. from Illinois State University in educational administration. Prior to joining ACT, Habley directed advising programs at Illinois State University and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Habley is co-editor of both the first (2000) and the second (2008) editions of Academic Advising: a comprehensive handbook and the author of monographs on four of ACT�s National Surveys of Academic Advising. Habley�s more recent publications include two chapters in Fostering Student Success in the College Community and What Works in Student Retention? a series of four research reports on college retention practices He contributed chapters to Developmental Academic Advising, Foundations: a college reader, and Faculty Advising Examined as well as numerous journal articles and chapters in monographs published by Jossey-Bass, the Center for the First Year Experience, and NACADA.

Habley is a charter member of NACADA and has served the association in numerous roles including president and treasurer. He originated the NACADA Summer Institute on Academic Advising in 1987 and in 2006 the NACADA Summer Institute Scholarship was named in his honor. He is also the recipient of NACADA�s awards for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Academic Advising and Service to NACADA.

Habley has served as a consultant/speaker/workshop leader at more than 130 colleges in the U.S., the Middle East, and Canada.

What are the benefits of a webinar?

Cost-Effective: No travel required. Webinars are an innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train � the more you save, as the registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: You will receive a detailed list of instructions via email a week prior to the event. And if you run into any problems, we�re always here to help.
Interactive: Chat online with presenters, participate in online polling questions, discuss specific situations with your colleagues, and receive implementation strategies for your campus (included when appropriate). You can even join a discussion group to continue the discussion with the presenter and webinar participants. Join discussion groups at www.weeklyinnovations.org.
Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
No Expiration: When you purchase a webinar, you also receive access to the recording. It is yours indefinitely. You can use it wherever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to all of your hires.

How will we use these trainings?

Flexible Training:
- Live: Promote and attend a live webinar and debrief immediately following.
- Hybrid: Distribute a recording to all faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
- On-Demand: Distribute a recording to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org, and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.

In-Service Training: Plan an in-service around a live webinar or schedulea day and time to show the recording in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend � brainstorm and discuss implications for your college.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the webinar with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these webinars to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these webinars and the free recording as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement, and track your progress.

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