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February, 2009

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Serving Millennial First-Generation Students of Color
By Anthony Jenkins
First-generation students of color are an increasing population on many college and university campuses. Although this population growth did not occur overnight, interestingly, it appears that some institutions of higher learning are still failing to recognize it.

Lessons from a Great Parents’ Website
The University of Southern California parents’ website is a key part of USC’s comprehensive parents’ program--and a great example of how a website can help parents find the information that both they and students need.

Book Review: The Gender Gap in College
By Ron Chesbrough
As practitioners in the field, most of us are familiar with the general nuances of how women and men typically experience their college years and how college tends to impact men and women differently. The new book "The Gender Gap in College" will allow us to dive deeper into the theoretical underpinnings of why this might be so and to potentially use this information to aid the development of all our students.

Q&A: Gender Differences in College Outcomes
Ron Chesbrough, vice president for student affairs at Hastings College, recently interviewed Linda Sax, author of the new book "The Gender Gap in College" about her ongoing research into how college affects men and women differently.

Five Student Services Initiatives for Online Students
By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti
Online students can live in a “virtual abyss” without the student services available to on-campus peers. But the online education division of Georgia Perimeter College has undertaken five service initiatives for its online students.

Convincing Faculty to Participate in Pre-Enrollment Events
Surveys show that interaction with faculty can make all the difference in how fully students engage with a school and whether or not they remain enrolled.

Q&A: Serving Students with Chronic Conditions
Colleges and universities are not as well prepared to serve students with chronic conditions as they are to serve students with acute illnesses, says Patricia Fennell, who specializes in working with people with chronic illnesses and training organizations about how to respond to them. Recruitment and Retention interviewed Fennell about the topic recently.

New Joint FERPA and HIPAA Guidance
The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services recently issued joint guidance on applying FERPA and HIPAA to student health records.

Subscriber Survey
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2008 Index
The 2008 Recruitment & Retention index is now available online.