External Retention Links

• Rx for ER: Prescriptions for Effective Retention
  Through a collaborative effort between several Texan colleges, this Web site focuses on disseminating and expanding a repertoire of student retention strategies.

• Discounted Dreams
  A PBS special focusing on struggles that students encounter while attending community college.

• CCSSE: Community College Survey of Student Engagement
  This site offers an abundance of information about student engagement and retention. Check out the pages focused on student retention, best-practice colleges, and the retention toolkit.

• StudentRetention.org
  Information, literature, publications, and tips pertaining to retention and student success, along with a list of recent publications.

• The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange
  Data regarding retention and student success among two-year and four-year colleges

• National ACademic ADvising Association (NACADA)
  Student Retention and Attrition Resources with links to valuable and interesting information regarding student retention.

• Classroom strategies for fostering student retention (pdf)
  This document, developed by Lansing Community College, provides helpful retention strategies and best practices. For more information about Lansing Community College's Retention Effort visit the college retention Web site.

• Summary of "Best Practices" for Recruitment and Retention of Students of Color (pdf)
  Developed by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Student Affairs Division.

• Best Practices in Student Retention (doc)
  Delaware Technical and Community Colleges have outlined retention strategies that pertain to two-year, non-residential community colleges.

• 63 ideas to encourage student retention
  A document produced at a faculty seminar at Jefferson Community College in Kentucky.

• Student Retention: Macro and Micro (pdf)
  Strategies for Student Retention. A presentation for department chairs and faculty members developed by Wendy Powers, Director of Student Retention at West Virginia State College.

• Office of Vocational and Adult Education Focus on Increasing Student retention
  Links to insightful studies relating to student retention.

• What Works in Student Retention? Two-Year Public Colleges (pdf)
  ACT 2004 Study of Retention Successful Practices and Strategies.

• What Works in Student Retention? Four-Year Public Colleges (pdf)
  ACT 2004 Study of Retention Successful Practices and Strategies.

• The University of Manchester's Student Retention Web site
  Not only does this site include a comprehensive list of links to student retention sites, it has a first-year experience audit template. A great resource!

• ACT Student Retention Index
  A list of studies that focus on Student Retention.

• The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors (pdf)
  in Improving College Retention (.pdf): An ACT Policy Report.

• Developing Strategies to Improve Student Retention (doc)
  Reflections from the Work of Napier University’s Student Retention Project.

• Center for the Study of College Student Retention (CSCSR)
  Resources for student retention and attrition, plus a retention journal, reference list, retention listserv, issues, and slide show.

• Models for Student Retention
  Interesting models for student retention and attrition.

• National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science
  Learn the five easy steps to retaining women in technology (these steps can apply to all courses).

• College Quarterly’s article on Student Attrition and Retention in Ontario’s Colleges
  Interesting article on student attrition and retention.

• Minority Student Retention and Academic Achievement in Community Colleges
  An article written by Katalin Szelenyi published in the ERIC digest.

• Slippery Rock University Minority Retention Strategies
  Basic retention strategies and success factors for retention efforts.

• Summary of papers from the Student Retention Conference (pdf)
  University of Ulster. This conference was held in November 2003 and contains six papers on strategies to promote student retention.

• Taking Student Retention Seriously: Rethinking the First Year of College (pdf)
  An article authored by Vincent Tinto, of Syracuse University.

If you have any links or documents that you would like to share concerning student engagement and retention, please send them to Kristine Christensen, and they will be posted on this site.