Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange

1700 Asp Ave.
Norman, OK 73072

Phone: 405-325-2158
Fax: 405-325-7309
csrde@ou.edu

Student Retention in Community Colleges: the Issues, Implications and Strategies for Success

presented by Laurie Snyder, Rochester Institute of Technology

Date of webinar: August 11, 2010

*Materials for this webinar are not currently available.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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Abstract

Community colleges serve students who face many challenges to persistence. As open-admissions institutions, community colleges serve high populations of students who are: first-generation; meeting workplace and parental responsibilities; classified as low-income; and entering the campus academically underprepared. In addition, considering that community colleges serve approximately half of all of the minority undergraduates in the U.S. (McClenney, 2006), and that minority students have higher attrition rates than their White counterparts, community college faculty/staff members need to provide additional resources to help these traditionally underserved populations succeed. While community colleges are dedicated to and effective in providing access to higher education for every individual, complex issues concerning student retention surface in such learning environments. Once these individuals enroll in college, how does the Institute help them achieve their academic and professional goals? Student Retention in Community Colleges: the Issues, Implications and Strategies for Success interweaves theorists’ viewpoints on the topic of student retention, the implications of attrition, and concrete examples of community college’s best practices that have proven effective in increasing student retention rates.

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma is a consortium of two-year and four-year institutions dedicated to achieving the highest levels of student success through collaboratively sharing data, knowledge, and innovation.

CSRDE is a sponsored activity of the Center for Institutional Data Exchange and Analysis at