Posts Tagged ‘retention’
Do We Have a Retention Problem … Or Do We Have a Problem About Retention?
by Lawrence Butler
August 29, 2011
This paper, like many being written these days, deals with the “problem” of student retention in higher education. But unlike most, this paper focuses not on the problem of retention per se but rather on how institutional leaders think about student retention, completion, and success–how the way they frame their concerns about retention can give ...
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Pattenaude Emphasizes Higher Ed as Key in Maine
by Shoshana Akins
March 31, 2011
Pattenaude presenting at NEBHE's 2011 Excellence Awards
University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude emphasized the confluence of economic development and higher education in a joint session of the Maine state Senate and House of Representatives in his "State of the University" biennial address on March 30.
“Historically, higher education has meant ...
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When the Elephant Is the Room
by Lawrence Butler
January 9, 2012
Maybe the classroom is where we should seek the transformation we need in higher education ...
For several years now, many of us have been agonizing over the sorry state of American higher education—indeed, of our entire educational system—and for good reason:
Once the U.S. had the highest college completion rates in the world, we now rank ... Read MoreTags: maguire associates, National Center for Academic Transformation, retention | No Comments