First Year Experience: What Works and Why

Name: First Year Experience: What Works and Why — CHERE
Start: 2013-09-27T09:00:00-0400
End: 2013-09-27T15:00:00-0400
Location: Housatonic Community College

Friday, September 27, 2013
9:00 AM 3:00 PM 09:00 15:00

Housatonic Community College 900 Lafayette Boulevard Bridgeport, CT, 06604 United States (map)

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CHERE hosted a nationally known expert – Betsy Barefoot, Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education to provide a dynamic workshop: “First-Year Experience: What Works and Why”

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                    To improve graduation rates, we must identify and advance the best solutions. CHERE brings people together to do just that.
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                    CHERE works diligently to advance collaborative efforts aimed at improving student retention in higher education.
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                    CHERE convenes programs and workshops designed to improve policies and practices that will lead to higher college retention.
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                    We cannot afford up to half of community college students and a third of state university students not surviving freshman year, not graduating, and not entering the workforce at their potential.
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                    CHERE is committed to working collaboratively and recognizes the significant and ongoing contributions by organizations and individuals in Connecticut and nationwide.
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