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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA -- February
8, 2007 -- The
Educational Policy Institute, a non-profit
research organization based in Virginia
Beach, VA, in partnership with Old
Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia,
unveiled a new retention tool
for institutional personnel and reseachers
interested in increasing the retention
and persistence rates of students at
the secondary and postsecondary education
levels.
The K-20
RETENTION LISTSERV is designed to
be used by personnel around the United
States, Canada, and beyond. The listserv
can be used to post information that may
be of use to educational practitioners
or to seek answers to the many challenges
faced by these professionals.
To sign up for this free service, please
visit the website below:
http://www.educationalpolicy.org/retentionlistserv.html
* * * * * The Educational
Policy Institute (EPI),
a non-profit, non-partisan research organization,
with offices in Virginia Beach (US),
Toronto (CAN), and Melbourne (AUS), is
dedicated to policy-based research on
educational opportunity for all students.
The mission of EPI is to expand educational
opportunity for low-income and other
historically underrepresented students
through high-level research and analysis.
Studentretention.org is EPI's subsidiary
devoted to the study and dissemination
of best practices related to student
success and excellence. EPI releases
a bi-monthly publication, Student Success,
focusing on best practices and institutional
strategies. Sign up at www.studentretention.org
or www.educationalpolicy.org for your
free download.
Old Dominion
University is located in
historic Norfolk, Va., on 188 acres
at the confluence of the Elizabeth
and Lafayette Rivers. Founded in 1930
as a division of the College of William
and Mary, Old
Dominion has grown into its own over
the years and is now one of only 101
public universities with a Carnegie/Doctoral
Research-Extensive distinction. Old Dominion
University is a public, not-for-profit
state-controlled institution of higher
education.
Contact the Educational
Policy Institute at info@educationalpolicy.org or 757.271.6380.
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