Retention Initiative

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• College Retention Plans
• Retention Progress Reports

Documents/Forms

• Retention Reporting Update
• Conference Attendance Report

Retention Resources Links

Early Intervention:

• http://www.fit.edu/caps/documents/beyond_retention2.doc
  
• http://www.dixie.edu/reg/SEM/DCrockettTenMost.pdf
  
• http://www.educationalpolicy.org/pdf/ERIC%20Review.pdf
  
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3752/is_199903/ai_n8851429
• http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-3/early.htm
  
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HCZ/is_1_30/ai_90983754
  
• http://www.ncsdonline.org/newsletter/june_2006/5.asp

Mandatory Testing & Placement:

• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HCZ/is_2_26/ai_53420235
  
• http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/qep/final/BestPracticesLiteratureReview.pdf
• http://occrl.ed.uiuc.edu/Publications/In_Brief/Counseling-Brief(summer-06).pdf
• http://www.pcc.edu/resources/academic/prerequisite-implementation/articles/remediation.pdf
  

College Success Courses:

• http://dennislearningcenter.osu.edu/FIPSE/startingcollege.html
  
• http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=767
  
• http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/cc/docs/goal_a/ATD_National_Progress_Report_2007.pdf
  
• http://www.achievingthedream.org/
• http://chronicle.com/

Faculty Engagement:

• http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-4/minority.html
• http://www.ccsse.org/
  
• http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0017.pdf
• http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i07/07a01401.htm

Learning Communities:

• http://www.mdrc.org/publications/410/overview.html
  
• http://occrl.ed.uiuc.edu/Newsletter/2005/fall/fall2005_6.asp
  
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HCZ/is_2_26/ai_53420232
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HCZ/is_3_30/ai_99115088

Contextual Learning:

• http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/contextlearn.htm
  
• http://occrl.ed.uiuc.edu/Newsletter/2000/fall2000_4.asp
  
• http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v36n3/editor.html
• http://www.cete.org/acve/docgen.asp?tbl=pab&ID=102

Supplemental Instruction:

• http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/lessons4/aacc.html
  
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-53420232.html
  
• http://www.raritanval.edu/title3/Recommended_Readings.html
• http://www.mdrc.org/publications/452/full.pdf