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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
March 2013
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Retention
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GPS: Shaping Student Success One Conversation at a Time
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Increasing instructor-student interactions and improving support personnel interventions with students positively affects their academic performance, retention, and graduation…
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A Virtual Graduation Ceremony for Online Distance Students
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways While online education is increasing, researchers find that students taking online courses at a distance drop out at higher rates. Florida State University's College …
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How the ICCOC Uses Analytics to Increase Student Success
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Community colleges, already coping with stringent limitations on resources and low degree completion rates among students, face the additional strain of increasing student num…
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Defining IT's Role in Mission-Critical Retention Initiatives
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Gaps in critical student success and retention initiatives create the opportunity for IT departments to take a leadership role in obtaining the necessary information and techn…
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Visualizing Math: How Intelligent Tutoring Technology Can Help Math-Challenged Students
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Many students who struggle with basic mathematics courses benefit from digital instructional technologies, including additional visual and supplemental materials on difficult …
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Using Technology to Impact Student Retention at Montgomery County Community College
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Data-informed decision making helps higher education institutions know whether they are achieving their missions, including expanding access to higher education and increasing…
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Sustaining Students: Retention Strategies in an Online Program
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways With students spread across 47 states and a dozen countries, the University of Illinois at Springfield faces a significant challenge in promoting student persistence. Prog…
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Defeating the Kobayashi Maru: Supporting Student Retention by Balancing the Needs of the Many and the One
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Online courses and programs don't have to accept the Kobayashi Maru no-win solution by choosing between the needs of the many and the needs of the one. Although p…
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EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
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December 15, 2010
Intelligent Counseling System: A 24 x 7 Academic…
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Successful Campus-Wide Software Implementation Using Change Management Theory
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January 12, 2011
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011
Identifying a foundational problem with information flow and management concerning student success data, Paul Smith's College purchased a technological solution to automate information handlin…
