Student Retention

One of the New Jersey's last remaining women's colleges is going coed.

Administrators at Grand Rapids Community College are trying to reduce the amount of debt it accumulates when students who receive financial aid drop out of school.

Creating new leaders has become a difficult task

More than a third of incoming college students in Michigan take high school-level classes on campus -- essentially repeating material they should have learned before they got their diplomas.

Eastern Michigan University is apologizing after an email intended for 100 students with bad grades instead went to many more, telling them they had been kicked out of school.

The University of Rhode Island, reeling from a dropout rate among seniors that has doubled from last year, has joined a nationwide trend to encourage dropouts to return for a few last classes and finally earn a college degree.

In keeping with a belief that fraternities and sororities promote social exclusiveness, Princeton University says any freshman who joins, rushes or pledges to a Greek organization starting this fall will face suspension.

In his latest book, The Education of Millionaires: It’s Not What You Think and It’s Not Too Late, Michael Ellsberg says going to a good college, studying hard, and graduating with excellent grades is not necessarily the recipe for a successful career.

Gender gap » Life still gets in the way for many women, despite the economic imperative of a college education.

Presenters Sandra McMakin, Ana Gonzalez, and Earl Harmsen will highlight the synergy created by integrating offices of Instructional Technology, Institutional Research, Faculty and Administration in planning and implanting successful student success practices.