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Librarians target incoming students, collaborative measures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Many even have dedicated student success librarians, solely focused on collaborative, resource-focused programming. Student success within the library can mean having a quiet study space, finding materials for classwork or receiving research guidance. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Nationally, retention is a bit higher; about 66.4

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As she prepared to begin her new work at the tier-one public research university, Chase shared her perspective on making investments in student success. First-year programs are not as common for graduate institutions. At Claremont Graduate University, we developed programs to help students at different points.