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January 2011
CECS
contracts with the Boettcher Foundation to evaluate their Scholarship
Selection Process
October 2010
CECS contracts
with CareerCruising to conduct psychometric studies of their interest
inventory matching processes
March 2010
CECS receives
contract to evaluate The Suder Foundation First Scholars Program
more
September 2009
Report
highlights factors influencing college graduation. Not all colleges
are created equal.
more
August, 2009
U.S. News and World Report releases 2010 Best Colleges Report.
Institutional graduation and retention rates play key factor in
rankings.
more
August, 2009
Recent survey suggests college faculty tweet! Faculty
consider how they will use emergent social networking technology.
more
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Colleges and universities across the
country are concerned about their ability to recruit, retain, and
graduate students. On average, only about 1 out of every 2 students
attending a community college will return for a second year of study
and 30% will drop out of their 4-year college during the the first
year. Less than 50% of students who start college ever finish their
degree. A growing number of
factors contribute to this crisis
- more students attending
part-time and working their way through college
- increased number of
first-generation college students
- students being admitted with
less than adequate educational preparation
Fortunately, the most successful
colleges and universities are finding ways to meet these challenges
and promote the success of their students. Successful institutions
- establish and implement
comprehensive pre-matriculation college readiness assessment
programs
- use assessment data to identify
student risk
- develop comprehensive data-use
plans in cooperation with campus academic and student support unites
- implement and assess those
data-use plans
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