Top 10 most effective strategies for student retention at four-year private institutions
- Provide practical work experiences (internships, etc)
- require on-campus hosing for first year students
- academic support (learning center, math lab, tutoring)
- Honors programs for academically advanced students
- Programs designed specifically for first-year students
- Mandatory FYE experiene or orientation course
- Advising by professional staff, one-on-one
- Student success coaching (internal)
- Work with all new students helping them transition to NCC
- Stay up to date on all curriculum and college requirements
- Make sure advisees are aware of departmental/program/campus opportunities
- Liaison with campus offices helping to establish programs for student success
- Work with advisees struggling to develop an academic success plan
- Host workshops and other advising events
- Perform assessment of advising initiatives
- Participate in professional development opportunities
- Departments/Programs must ensure that opportunities exist for ll majors to engage with faculty outside the classroom
- Smaller departments may choose to mentor broader cohort of students, such as undeclared majors or help mentor interdisciplinary program majors
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