Presenters: Dr. Anna Mays | Duane Dunn, Ed.D., Celeste Donovan, Rhonda Kinser
This course is worth 5 hours (0.5 CEUs) of professional development. A certificate of completion can be printed once the program has been completed.
About this Course
As focus has shifted onto student retention and completion, colleges around the country are making changes to their advising and counseling student pathways. This second part of the two-part series on the first-year student experience explores what successful advising and counseling programs have done to retain significantly more first-year students and usher them to a completed degree or certification.
You will hear about an initiative that pooled the resources and experience of community colleges statewide that together represent an enrollment of over 316,000 students. You will also hear how a rural community college leveraged their existing resources to increase their graduation rates by 15% over a period of 2 years. Their combined stories will benefit anyone who is considering the steps necessary to change the success rate of incoming first-year or transfer students.
Presenters Include:
Duane Dunn, Ed.D.
President, Seward County Community college/Area Technical School
Celeste Donovan
Dean of Students, Seward County Community college/Area Technical School
Rhonda Kinser
Counselor.Retention Specialist, Seward County Community college/Area Technical School
Dr. Anna Mays
V.P. Student Services & Enrollment, Cedar Valley College
