January 2007

Recruitment & Retention - January 2007 - Full Issue PDF
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Aligned, Targeted Services Help Minority Community College Students
Student services at community colleges are more likely to help minority students succeed when those services are aligned and targeted, suggests a new report from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College of Columbia University.

NSSE Highlights Distance Education Students
For the first time since its inception, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) takes an in-depth look at distance education students this year. Some of the findings confirm what many distance education professionals already know about their students. However, the results also indicate some interesting differences between distance and traditional students and where they are most likely to engage with their institutions.

Questions to Ask Before Entering a Marketing Partnership
“Partnering” seems to be a current buzzword in academe. The literature is full of success stories about the benefits of partnerships, but not all partnerships succeed.

Newswire
Should we call them “parent” or “family” programs?; Survey finds no sign of online learning plateau; Admissions, orientation, and first year experience grant competition; Internet research doesn’t replace personal borrowing advice, survey says

Student Engagement: A Different Perspective
The reasons why students need to be involved and engaged when they attend college are well established. Factors such as student–faculty interaction, active and collaborative learning experiences, involvement in extracurricular activities, and residency on campus have all been shown to make a difference. But what about institutional structures?