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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing. The focus on numbers alone ignores relationships’ essential role in retention and persistence.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing. The focus on numbers alone ignores relationships’ essential role in retention and persistence.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation.

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How to align higher ed with industry to foster social mobility

University Business

Traditional methods like guest speakers and internships are helpful, but universities need to go further by offering real-world, project-based learning experiences that foster creativity and critical thinking. For example, when I worked at an IT solutions company, we launched a STEAM enrichment program for local schools.

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Inside Higher Ed

Chase’s experience and “transformational ideas … will elevate the student experience across the UH system,” added Khator, who is also president of UH. This combined approach has helped with greater retention, completion and student satisfaction. Thus, a focus on student success is solid investment.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. involving holistic wraparound services to help these students who might have had an inconsistent educational experience given that their families are migrant workers. The president and CEO of TIF, Noemi Y.

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

By implementing predictive analytics and student success initiatives, such as proactive advising, they have boosted retention and graduation rates, especially among underserved populations. Digital technology has transformed how knowledge is accessed, and many students now expect flexible, personalized learning experiences.