Wednesday, April 23, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Increase Student Success & Improve Completion Rates

Many administrators grapple with identifying and initiating the best retention strategies for students and consistently ask, “How can I make this work on my campus and how will I know if it’s working?”

Join us on April 23, 2025, when our presenter will share high impact practices and identify three critical indictors for student success. Her research is based on successful retention initiatives from both two-year and four-year institutions, with documented outcomes that can be customized for your campus to support your students’ success.

With staffing changes, fluctuations in enrollment, and continued conversations about the completion agenda, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to gather your colleagues and join in this critical conversation.  

Topics Covered

You will gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you: 

• Identify specific program models and campus efforts at 2-year and 4 -year institutions that will help you define your retention goals and methods in the most impactful way with your available resources.
• Successfully communicate, engage, and intervene with students to improve their overall success and completion.
• Overcome retention struggles through high impact, data driven initiatives that utilize recent findings regarding specific student support programs to better inform your communication and services for students.
• Implement strategies that lead to equitable access and outcomes for all students with a focus on clear pathways, support, and opportunities for student feedback.
• Explore the expanded approach to retention initiatives that engage partners from across the campus in effectively collaborative interventions that improve the student experience – engage student affairs and academic affairs partners in retention efforts.
• Determine what is and what is not working on your campus so fiscal and human resources can be allocated the most strategic way possible.
  

Presenter

Dr. Cathy Briggs currently serves as the Dean of Student Success at Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC).
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