Download Conference Presentations
To continue the National Dialog on Student Retention, EducationDynamics is providing access to PowerPoint presentations, transcripts and podcasts of select sessions from the National Dialog on Student Retention Conference 2008 held June 2-3 in Atlanta.
Presentations available for download are as follows:
Keynote Address - Guiding Forces: Emerging Trends
and their Impact on Student Outcomes
| Speaker: | Dr. George Kuh, Director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University |
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| Abstract: | This keynote addresses emerging trends that are influencing student engagement, such as educational preparation, economic status and peer and family influence, as well as how institutions are organizing themselves to maximize student success. In addition, Dr. Kuh provides analysis of intervention programs, highlighting those that prove most effective for various student groups. |
Plenary Session - Lifetime Value of a Student
| Speaker: | Steve Isaac, CEO, EducationDynamics |
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| Abstract: | Plenary session identifies the key facets to determine the lifetime value of a student, the variables that impact the value of that relationship and practical steps to increase lifetime value. |
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Panel Discussion
| Moderator: | Catherine Stover, Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education |
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| Panelists: | Dr.
Kenneth Hartman, Drexel University Online Dr. Kristina Cragg, Valdosta State University Dr. George E. Walker, Florida International University Carol Aslanian, Aslanian Group, Inc. |
| Abstract: | Thought leaders representing for-profit and non-profit institutions focused on retaining students for graduate, undergraduate on-campus and online programs identify retention challenges and discuss solutions applicable to all facets of higher education. |
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Challenge the Statistics: Improving Student Retention
through Online Strategies
| Speaker: | Sheila Burke, Kaplan University |
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| Abstract: | A case study outline of practical strategies used to achieve the highest student retention rate at Kaplan University's School of Nursing. The strategies flow from a theoretical model that has been operationalized to support persistence to graduation. |
| Speakers: | Jody Trost, Emily Jones, Shaun Mursell and Corey McAllister, Dalton State College |
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| Abstract: | Speakers address two views of student-to-student programs and offer proven methods to identify and develop peer programs to enhance undergraduate engagement and success. |
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Panel Discussion - One Strategy Does Not Fit
All: Key Tenets of Successful Minority Student Retention
| Moderator: | Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed |
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| Speakers: | Dr.
Leeshawn Moore of Riverside Community College District Dr. Idelia Phillips and Sheila McCants, Manatee Community College Dr. Rodrick Moore, University of South Carolina Sheila McCants, Manatee Community College |
| Abstract: | Panel discussion focuses on the unique challenges presented by minority students and will cite examples of innovative programs that have produced successful academic outcomes. |
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Retaining Online Degree Students: Different
Needs-Different Methods
| Speaker: | Dr. Kenneth Hartman, Drexel University Online |
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| Abstract: | The fastest growing segment in higher education today is the online degree student, yet little has been documented on methods and strategies for retaining these students. This session explores how these students differ from their on-campus counterparts and looks at the issues surrounding their academic engagement and motivation. |
Success Compass: Predicting and Influencing
Student Success
| Speaker: | Dr. Kristina M. Cragg, Valdosta State University |
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| Abstract: | This session helps institutions more effectively identify at-risk freshmen and develop a Student Success Plan to increase academic success, as well as institutional engagement and retention. |
Academic Affairs and Student Affairs: Collaborative
Strategies to Put Attrition in Reverse
| Speaker: | Dr. Ralph J. Rascati, Dr. Stephen W. Braden, and Kathy L. Matthews, Kennesaw State University |
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| Abstract: | This session helps institutions more effectively identify at-risk freshmen and develop a Student Success Plan to increase academic success, as well as institutional engagement and retention. |
Advising and Retaining At-Risk Students
| Speaker: | Jennifer Varney, Southern New Hampshire University Online |
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| Abstract: | Panel discussion focuses on the unique challenges presented by minority students and will cite examples of innovative programs that have produced successful academic outcomes. |
Where Have All the Students Gone? Attrition in Online and Campus-Based Master's Degree Programs
| Speaker: | Dr. Belinda Patterson, East Carolina University |
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| Abstract: | This study examines how the mode of instructional delivery, campus face-to-face or online, affects dropout rates relative to students' academic and demographic characteristics. |