Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

What’s working: Koons attributes part of Kansas Wesleyan’s record retention numbers to the library’s first-year programming, because students who engage with their coaches have higher retention rates compared to their peers who don’t. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Over the past few decades, libraries have shifted attention from primarily instruction work toward purposeful collaborations in first-year programming. An older model among libraries is coming into classrooms like an English 101 course or a first-year seminar to share information. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

At my past institutions (particularly UNLV), encouraging student participation in [first-year experience] programs led both to increased persistence of students into their second year and to decreased time to complete a degree. First-year programs are not as common for graduate institutions.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

JANUARY 15, 2020

This article will look at the following areas: The challenge: As faculty, we typically think of course scheduling from an individual, or departmental perspective—not as a tool to foster academic progression and ultimately student success. Or more accurately, I accepted the practices that had accreted through years of habit.

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