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Because student success is contingent on retention, student persistence is a critical institutional focus. The use of technology (specifically, the LMS/CMS, coupled with learning analytics) has made student tracking and retention more efficient. Below are articles, presentations, and seminars that further discuss the growing use of technology to promote student retention.

Articles

Building a Purpose Network to Increase Student Engagement and Retention, EDUCAUSE Review Online, August 2012. Fort Hays State University partnered with ConnectEDU to with the purpose of improving student and parent engagement, increasing student retention rates, and tracking and collecting success metrics.
Signals: Using Academic Analytics to Promote Student Success, EDUCAUSE Review Online, July 2012. Using existing student data and current grade information, Purdue University created Signals, a system that gives students early and frequent performance notifications and helps faculty members steer students toward additional campus resources as needed.
Two Case Studies of Learner Analytics in the University System of Maryland, EDUCAUSE Review Online, August 2012. In this article, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore describes actions it took to increase retention and graduation rates for an at-risk student population by using a dashboard that provides actual data as well as targets for key performance indicators specific to admission, retention, and progress toward graduation.
The EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010 largely focuses on the topic of student retention. A few articles of particular interest in this issue include;
- Enhancing Student Learning and Retention with Blended Learning Class Guides, EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- How the ICCOC Uses Analytics to Increase Student Success, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- Defining IT’s Role in Mission-Critical Retention Initiatives, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- Sustaining Students: Retention Strategies in an Online Program, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010

Presentations and Seminars

Student Success at Scale: What Have We Learned from Applying Technology to Persistent Challenges?, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, November 2012. The speaker presents the latest findings from multiple efforts to improve student engagement, learning, retention, and degree completion.
Technology’s Role in the College Completion Agenda: An Introduction to Next Generation Learning Challenges, EDUCAUSE Live! December 3, 2010
Success, Withdrawal, and Student Satisfaction When the Numbers are Very Large, ELI Annual Meeting, January 20, 2010
Using Analytics to Intervene with Underperforming College Students, ELI Annual Meeting, January 20, 2010

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Fans and Fears of 'Lecture Capture': November 9, 2009

Research says posting lectures online could improve learning without discouraging classroom attendance, yet some professors want no part of it. R…
Managing Online Education: The 2009 WCET-Campus Computing Project Survey of Online Education: October 22, 2009

Enrollments are up and rising, profits are often uncertain, and organizational arrangements are in transition according to a new national survey of senior campus officials responsible for managin…
Where’s Walter? Adjunct Outreach Strategies to Bridge the Virtual Distance and Increase Student Retention: August 5, 2009

There are hundreds of studies that address “no significant difference” in the quality of online versus on-ground instruction, yet it is clearly the instructor who makes the difference. While …
Attrition in Online and Campus Degree Programs: August 5, 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine how the mode of instructional delivery, campus face-to-face or online, affected dropout relative to students’ academic and demographic characteristics. …
Adopting Performance-Based Funding: April 30, 2009

New formula slated for approval in Ohio would appropriate state funds based on public colleges' retention and graduation rates rather than their incoming and current enrollments. …
Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008: November 20, 2008

This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports on a study conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group for the Sloan Consortium. Using responses from over 2,500 colleges and universities…
Helping Community College Students Beat the Odds: October 8, 2008

Hudson Valley finds that combining and coordinating various student services yields unusually high retention rate. Hudson Valley finds that combi…
Keeping Track of Students, and Staying in Touch: August 15, 2008

A start-up company from a former Blackboard executive is positioning itself to help colleges boost retention with communication tools ... and lots of data. …
Framing Action Analytics and Putting Them to Work: January 18, 2008

© 2008 Donald Norris, Joan Leonard, Louis Pugliese, Linda Baer, and Paul Lefrere. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License ( http://cr…
Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era: July 6, 2007

© 2007 John P. Campbell, Peter B. DeBlois, and Diana G. Oblinger EDUCAUSE Review , vol. 42, no. 4 (July/August 2007): 40–57 Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era John P. Cam…