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Implementing Successful Student Retention Strategies

Owners and directors of educational institutions are always looking for the magical ingredients to improve student retention. There are at least six easy-to-implement retention strategies that can make a difference in whether a student graduates or drops out. These include efficient admissions procedures, great orientation programs, effective mentoring, student friendly classroom involvement, fabulous graduations, and successful placement. Upon completion of this course, participants will have specific easy-to-implement retention strategies to put in place for every area of their institution.

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In conjunction with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, MaxKnowledge has been honored by the 1EdTech Consortium as a Learning Impact Award Finalist for scaling pedagogical knowledge and practice through evidence-based technology.

MaxKnowledge Founder & CEO, Dr. Amir Moghadam, has been named as one of Career College Central's top 12 innovators leaping forward with ideas that have influenced the career education realm.

MaxKnowledge Chief Learning Officer, Tarlon Moghadam, has been named as one of Career Education Review's top 20 leaders changing career education.

In collaboration with the Universal Technical Institute, an independent evaluation study by the ROI Institute® proved the ROI of MaxKnowledge employee training on student retention to be over 500%.

MaxKnowledge leadership development courses are sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and feature content from Harvard ManageMentor®.

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This course provides you with a lifelong peer-to-peer learning opportunity through a specific Performance Group created within the Career Ed Lounge, a learning community of career education professionals. This allows you to learn and share with your peers at any time you want, even after you complete the course.

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Course Testimonials

"Good course and I have a number of tactics to apply in my school to improve retention. Nice job!"

"I am looking forward to implementing some of the techniques learned in the course."

"Good general information,learned some new ideas which will help me with retaining students in the program,thank you"

"This course gave me a broader understanding of the school as a community from admissions to graduation. This is a great study of what it takes to retain students from start to finish as well as its effect on school growth and success."

"The course was very informative and stimulated my thinking about retention strategies."

"Very helpful course.I would recommend it to any career college instructor ."

"I enjoyed this course. I am sure that I will benefit from knowing more about the retention process and how to use this information to benefit the students. "

"I really enjoyed learning strategies to help retain students. Now I feel more confident with different approaches that can be used in the admissions process, during orientation, in the classroom, and through Career Services. It takes a whole team of staff and academics to save students who are at-risk."

"I believe that everyone should take this course because it shows the connections between departments in regard to student retention. Well-done!"

"This course reinforced the fact that retention is and should be a school-wide focal point. Lots of good points reminding me of what a vital role each department plays in student retention and success."

"I thought this was an excellent course, very concise but effective in demonstrating the effective means of increasing retention."

"This course has helped me understand students better including their background and interest and therefore I will utilized the acquired knowledge from this course to help them succeed in their career choices. "

"Engaging in discussion with my peers, as well as sharing what I learned was extremely beneficial to my learning experience. I am excited to implement these strategies at my institution. "

Course Objectives

Module 1: Retention Starts in Admissions

Describe the importance of enrolling students who are likely to succeed in the industry for which they are training.
Develop qualification checklists and applicant self checks for each program.
Train admissions representatives to use the qualification checklists and self checks as admissions qualification tools.
List other retention strategies to use during the admissions process.
Measure results and make changes.

Module 2: Orientation and Mentoring Affects Retention

List reasons for conducting student orientation programs.
Create effective student orientation programs.
Examine ways to set up formal and informal mentoring programs.
Discuss the concept of mentoring as it relates to retention.
Determine what form of mentoring, if any, can be instituted in your school.
List the qualities of an effective mentor.

Module 3: School Involvement Affects Retention

Address the concept of academic and social integration and its impact on retention.
List methods for students to bond with each other.
List methods for students to bond with each other.
Explain how to build in retention and intervention strategies into the student experience.
Create great graduations that have retention and public relations value.

Module 4: Integrated Career Services Affects Retention

Explain how career services plays an important role in retention efforts.
Describe why career services and employment skills training helps students to clarify goals and values.
Assess how career services and employment skills training is a way for students to get in touch with their strengths and weaknesses.
Determine why job listings motivate students to persist in training.
Promote the value of effective career services departments to retain students.

Course Structure

Course Format

Can Start Anytime
Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
4 Hours of Activities

Completion Requirements

Study Course Content
Pass ALL Required Quizzes

Digital Badge & Certificate of Completion

4 Hours of Continuing Education
Awarded upon successful completion of course

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Certification Credits

This course provides a Certificate of Completion with 4 hours of continuing education credits.
This course provides credit toward the Certified Higher Education Professional (CHEP) credential in the following specialization area(s):
- CHEP in Admissions
- CHEP in Campus Operations
- CHEP in Career Services
This course provides credit toward the continuing education requirements for CHEPs in all areas of specialization.

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