RESOURCES
HIGH IMPACT RETENTION PRACTICES
Retention – the persistence of students from enrollment to graduation – results from many factors that occur over time. The “big picture” for retention is a continuum that links K-12 education to higher education, and that recognizes “risk factors” inherent to underrepresented or first generation children and youth that are often not eliminated when those youth enroll in higher education.
This comprehensive review, gleaned from multiple sources and compiled by CHERE Director David Johnston, beginning in 2014 and continuing since, shares highlights of High Impact Retention Practices.
Additional resources that may be helpful, on various sites, listed below.
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Hartford Consortium for Higher Education www.hartfordconsortium.org
Chronicle of Higher Education www.chronicle.com
Inside Higher Education www.insidehighered.com
New England Board of Higher Education www.nebhe.org
National Student Clearinghouse www.studentclearinghouse.org
Higher Edge www.higheredgect.org
About Qualifying for Financial Aid https://www.intelligent.com/do-i-qualify-for-financial-aid/
HANA LEHR OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH CENTER PRESENTING ON “GUIDED PATHWAYS” AT CHERE CONFERENCE.
National Center for First Year Experience and Students in Transition www.sc.edu/fye
serves education professionals by supporting and advancing efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education through research, conferences, online education, and more.
John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education www.jngi.org
dedicated to advancing student success, retention, and completion through research, conferences, on-campus consulting, and more.
National College Attainment Network www.ncan.org
Posse Foundation www.possefoundation.org
Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education www.ct.edu
The JED Foundation https://jedfoundation.org/our-work/higher-ed/
Hartford Promise www.hartfordpromise.org
Bridgeport Public Education Fund www.bpef.org
Higher Heights (New Haven, CT) www.higherheightsyouth.org
College Visions (Providence, RI) www.collegevisions.org
Bottom Line (Boston) www.bottomline.org
STUDENTS PLAY AN INTEGRAl ROLE AT CHERE CONFERENCES.
On Point for College (Syracuse) www.onpointforcollege.org
Community College Research Center (CCRC) www.ccrc.tc.columbia.edu
CCRC is the leading independent authority on two-year colleges in the United States.
SmartScholar www.smartscholar.com
Beyond 12 (Oakland, CA) www.beyond12.org
Briteco A College Student's Guide to Admissions and Financial Aid - BriteCo
University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu/world/univ/alpha/
An alphabetical list of nearly all PSE institutions in the U.S. – except community colleges
American Association of Community Colleges www.aacc.nche.edu
Best Value Schools www.bestvalueschools.org
Websites for general scholarship search assistance: www.scholarships.com
History of Affirmative Action in Higher Education https://best-universities.net/features/history-affirmative-action-higher-education
Ultimate Scholarship Guide https://couponfollow.com/research/scholarship-guide (recommended by Ava)
Global Scholarships www.globalscholarships.com
