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Postsecondary Education
Retention & Success
The Educational Policy Institute is an international leader in the area of
student retention and success. EPI conducts many projects related to student
retention, and operates a subsidiary, www.studentretention.org, to focus on
this issue.
In support of student retention and success initiates, EPI conducts the annual
International Student Retention Conference (Retention 2007) the Retention 101
workshops in the US and Canada, and webinars on the issue. The Retention 101
series provides practitioners and education leaders in higher education with
a 2.5 day retreat to learn about student retention and begin planning toward
student success.
EPI has also developed a web-based tool for institutions to use in planning
for student retention that will be available in Spring 2007.
In addition, Dr. Swail of EPI, a well-known expert in the area and author
of the Jossey-Bass publication Retaining Minority Students in Higher Education,
is a frequent keynote speaker and strategic planning consultant to colleges
and universities across the US and Canada. Institutions and organizations that
have utilized his services include Palm Beach Community College (West Palm
Beach, FL), Red River College (Winnipeg, MB), the Ohio Association for Student
Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA), Innovative Educators, NelNet, TG, Canada
Student Loans Programs, Northwest Educational Loan Association (NELA), Sallie
Mae, ASPIRA, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).
EPI currently has a contract with TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation)
to write and conduct work on student retention
in 2006-07.
EPI also sponsors a K-20
RETENTION LISTSERV with Old Dominion
University. Click
here for more information.
Related Projects:
- Development of the Institutional Student Retention Audit (ISRA)
- Strategic Planning for Student Retention (2005-06); National Court Reporters
Association;
- Evaluation of the New Practitioners Program (1998); The George Washington
University
Related Events:
- Retention 101
- Retention 2007
- Retention Webinars
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