Student retention

Helping your students

We hear more and more about student retention. What does it actually mean? Student retention is built on student success, and student success is built on high quality instruction, solid program design, well-crafted curricula, and assignments and assessments that are aligned with course and program learning outcomes.

Of course, there are other factors that affect our ability to retain students. However, as instructors and faculty, we can focus on the factors we have control over.