Kyle Eric Van Duser (Ph.D.) serves as a tenured faculty member at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His responsibilities include oversight of all academic learning communities and freshmen university experience coursework. His research interest is centered on how rising tuition impacts enrollment, persistence, and graduation trends in higher education. Of all the titles Kyle has been privileged to have, he considers being a "Dad" to his six-year-old son Elias, the best one.