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Student Success: Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Minority Students

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Student Success: Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Minority Students

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Overview

Is your institution�s diversity recruitment strategy more about numbers or establishing better relations? Establishing better relationships with key community groups and hiring diverse faculty members can help you achieve your recruitment and retention goals. This program will look at successful recruitment strategies and give insight into overcoming a number of challenges institutions are confronted with when trying to diversify their campus.

Questions that will be addressed during the presentation:

How do you keep diversity at the forefront of your recruitment strategies?
What is needed to develop institutional change that will foster diversity recruitment and retention?
How does one overcome internal and external challenges that hinder the implementation of new strategies?
What roles should admissions and personnel play?
Who should be involved in establishing strategies for student success?
Do mentoring programs work?
What other tools can be used to retain students?

Who are the Speakers:

Moderator

Ronald Roach is a senior writer for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a twice-monthly magazine based in Fairfax, Virginia. Diverse and its online component, Diverseeducation.com, reports on higher education access issues that impact minorities and women. Roach is a former newspaper reporter who has written extensively about information technology, business, politics, and higher education. He has previously worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Roanoke Times and World News. In the early 1990s, Roach worked as a Press Secretary to U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) A native of High Point, N.C., Roach resides in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Cheryl D. Dozier is Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Georgia (UGA). She is a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and the Director of the Ghana Study Abroad Program. She is the Lead Co-principal investigator for the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation a $4.9M grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In addition, she is a faculty researcher with the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies and Research. Her previous position was the Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs at the UGA Gwinnett campus. Dr. Dozier is also an affiliate faculty member and Advisory Board member of the African Studies Institute. Her research includes diversity, international/global issues, African studies, chemical dependency, spirituality, and administration. Dr. Dozier has published widely in professional journals and books and often is a national trainer/consultant.

Dr. Dozier received a Doctorate in Social Welfare (DSW) from Hunter College, at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She received a Masters in Social Work from Atlanta University, School of Social Work and a Bachelors Degree in Education from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Dr. Dozier is an active member of many professional and civic organizations, including the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, National Association of Black Social Workers; the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also a member of the Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work, and the National Board of Advisors at Clark Atlanta University. In addition, she is an active member of New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lithonia where she serves as President of the Lay Organization/ Sankofa Ministry; Advisor to the Female Rites of Passage Program and member of the Stewardship & Finance Committee.

Ms. Valerie Gregory, Director of Outreach for Minority Recruitment & Asst. Dean of Admissions, University of Virginia.

Registration Information

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12 presentations - 12ondemand

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How does it work?

1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links indefinitely

What are the benefits of On-Demand Trainings?

Accessible: Email the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
Cost-Effective: No travel required. 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. The registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: It�s as easy as point, click, participate. If you run into any problems, we�re always here to help.
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 an On-Demand Training, it is yours indefinitely. You can use it whenever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.

How will we use these trainings?

Hybrid Professional Development: Distribute an On-Demand Training to 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.
Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings 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 a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend � debrief immediately following the presentation.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these trainings 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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