UCCS

Student Engagement....Student Success.....Student Persistence


Office of First Year Experience and Student Connections
Transfer Student Connections
Student Retention


Director:  Dr. Barbara Gaddis, Main Hall 202A, 262-3688, bgaddis@uccs.edu
Transfer Student Liaison:  Michael Reyes, Main Hall 202, 262-4046, mreyes2@uccs.edu
 

Fall 2007 Retention Newsletter


Presentations and Reports

 
 
Fall 2007 Retention of Fall 2006 First-Time Freshmen Barbara Gaddis, Robyn Marschke, Steve Ellis  
Student Satisfaction Survey Summary    
Student Satisfaction by Major Department    
Student Retention: Whose Responsibility Is It? Chancellor Pamela Shockley-Zalabak Faculty Retreat, 8/26/05
Teaching as if Retention Really Matters--Which It Does Barbara Gaddis New Faculty Orientation, 8/16/05
RA's:  Helping to RetAin our Students Barbara Gaddis Housing Orientation, 8/2005
Why Freshmen Stay, Why They Go, and What We Can Do About It Barbara Gaddis Student Success Workshop, 6/14/05
Is the Grass Really Greener?  Why Students Stay, Why Students Go Barbara Gaddis Freshman Seminar Retreat, 5/2005
Current Situation--Future Possibilities: Closing the Gap Barbara Gaddis Inventing the Future, 10/29/04

Faculty-Student Contact Outside the Classroom: Supporting Evidence and Promoting Practices

Joe Cuseo  

The Case for Faculty-Student Mentoring   

Joe Cuseo  
Inventing the Future Final Report Barbara Gaddis  
Fall 2005 Newsletter    

 

Links to UCCS Retention Sites

UCCS Institutional Research Home Page
Retention Inventing the Future PowerPoint
UCCS Demographics from Institutional Research
National Survey of Student Engagement: Hours Students Work
National Survey of Student Engagement: Campus and Community Engagement
National Survey of Student Engagement: Diversity Issues
National Survey of Student Engagement: Instructional Innovation

Links to Relevant Resources:  Learning Communities

Learning Communities National Resources Center
Guidelines for Best Practices in Learning Community Assessment
Living Learning Communities:  An Annotated Bibliography
 
 
 
inks to Relevant Resources
The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention; ACT Policy Report
Changing Perspectives on Student Retention
How Good Is Your Institution's Retention Rate?
In Yield, Match is Everything
Institutional Factors Affecting Student Retention
Online Lessons Help Students, Parents Through First Year
Partnership with Academic Unit Increases Course Retention
Policy Goals for Educational Administration and Undergraduate Retention
Retention and Institutional Effort, Self-study Framework
Evaluating Experimental and Control Programs
Research on Retention and Attrition December 2003
Retention Savings Worksheet
Signaling Student Retention with Prematriculation Data
Strengths-Based Approach and Student Retention
Student Variables that Predict Retention
Study of Undergraduate Persistence by Unmet Need and Percentage of Gift Aid
Systematic Problem Solving, Retention, and the Role of a Student Counseling Center
The Assessment of Student Retention Programs
The Catherine Connection, Building a Learning Culture
The Engagement Model for Effective Academic Advising with Undergraduate College Students and Student Organizations
The Role of Financial Aid in Enrollment Management
Understanding and Targeting Retention
Using NSSE to Study Student Retention and Withdrawal
Yes, Student Retention is an Admissions Issue
Assessing the Effects of Increased Admissions Standards
Recommendations for the Recruitment and Retention of Transfer Students

Links to Relevant Websites

Center for the Study of Student Retention
NACADA: Academic Advising and Student Retention and Persistence
NACADA: Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources: Student Retention/Attrition Resources

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

UCCS Retention Inventing the Future