Implementing a Comprehensive Student Success and Retention Plan [SSRP] for Higher education

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1 Implementing a Comprehensive Student Success and Retention Plan [SSRP] for Higher education April 2014 Holiday Inn Hotel, Sandton Johannesburg South Africa Most institutions understand the importance of improving student retention. However, many colleges and universities struggle with planning and implementing a campus-wide strategy that ties mission, data, and programming together into a unified approach

2 Including expert presentation from: PROF. RUBIN PILLAY Daniel White Jordan Chair Executive Director, Centre for Health Systems Innovation Spears School of Business and Centre for Health Sciences OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES DR TIA BROWN MCNAIR Senior Director for Student Success Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROFESSOR PATRICK AZERE PHIRI Director, Centre for Academic Development COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY, ZAMBIA SABASTIAN CHARIDZA Assistant Director ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATION COUNCIL Special Keynote Address Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive Student Success Plan [SSP] for Higher education Benefits and issues to be discussed Programs and Practices further education AN EVIDENCE-BASED STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMPLETION HOLISTIC STUDENT SUPPORT Academic Outcomes

3 HIGHLIGHTS: Look out for the below themes! Retention Plan student retention Success and Retention Benefits of Attending Higher Education Student Retention planners, and university campuses to take risks and comprehensive guidance and support counselling and advisory goals college student retention

4 Dear Delegate MELROSE TRAINING introduces the Implementing a Comprehensive Student Success and Retention Plan [SSRP] for Higher education Summit This strategic insurance gathering is the most insightful event to be dedicated to addressing the challenges of Student Success and Retention in Africa. Stagnant student retention rates, increasing higher education costs, questions about the quality of higher education and accountability demands that the government ministries and parastatals responsible for education formulate special strategies that focus on student success and retention planning in higher education. At the same time, a demographic shift has begun to impact institutions of higher learning. Facts reveal that planning for student success and retention is essential for institutions of higher learning, and that understanding the needs of at risk students, as well as providing a quality learning experience for all students, is crucial. Why this summit? Student retention is one of the most important issues facing higher education today. With one-third of university or college students dropping out of school each year, it's a topic universities across Africa are concerned about and yet few have found a workable solution to the problem. Admissions offices are already stretched to the breaking point, budgets are tight across the board, and developing and instituting a feasible student retention plan is indeed an insurmountable challenge. And with the ever-increasing competition for students, retaining those who enrol at your institution is of the utmost importance. Not only does turnover of enrolled students cost an institution financially, low retention rates degrade the quality of the educational experience on campus. By committing to this event, any university can improve its student retention statistics and the experience of all its students. WHO WILL YOU MEET? If you want to increase your online students academic success and retention rates, learn support strategies, or reinforce what you know, this program is for you. The summit is ideal for institutional teams who are thinking about or working on a plan to maximize the impact of academic advising on student success and retention, including professionals in the following roles: including academic advising By Designation Directors, Assistant Director/ Counsellors for Student Support Services, Quality Assurance Managers, Online program managers, academic advisors, student services personnel, and retention and enrolment staff, student affairs managers, Academic Support Services Managers, Executives, administrators, institutional researchers, faculty and staff from the academic and student support We would want to encourage you to make definite arrangements never to miss this all important summit and we look forward to welcome you Kind Regards, Mediacy Mudekwa

5 Outline Day one 08:00 Registration and Early-Morning Refreshments 08:30 Chairpersons Opening and Welcoming Remarks 09:00 STUDENT SUCCESS, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION: DEFINITIONS, THEORIES, PRACTICES, PATTERNS, AND TRENDS Successful Institutions and Students, Theories of Student Departure Campus Involvement as Related to Student Success Among Guilford Technical Community College Students Special Attention to e-learning CHAIRMAN PRESENTATION: SUNEEL BURRA Independent Consultant SOUTH AFRICA 10:00 IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Student Retention in Higher Education Institutional Action for Student Success STUDENT RETENTION Success College, and University GRACE CHESEREK Head of Department- Applied Environmental Social Sciences SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, CHEPKOILEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE; (MOI UNIVERSITY), KENYA 11:30 INTEGRATION AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO STUDENT RETENTION Extending the Empirical Record students academic and social expectations of college academic regulations PROF. RUBIN PILLAY Daniel White Jordan Chair Executive Director, Centre for Health Systems Innovation Spears School of Business and Centre for Health Sciences OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES 12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH FOR ALL DELEGATES 14:00 AND SPEAKERS THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES IN COLLEGE STUDENT PERSISTENCE Role in Student Persistence and Retention SABASTIAN CHARIDZA Assistant Director ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATION COUNCIL 15:15 UNDERSTANDING AND INVESTIGATING THE INTERNA- TIONALIST MODEL

6 Outline Day one (cont.) Outline Day two institutional experiences, increasing student satisfaction DR TIA BROWN MCNAIR Senior Director for Student Success Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 08:00 Registration and Early-Morning Refreshments 08:30 Chairpersons Welcoming Remarks 08:40 INCREASING STUDENT RETENTION REQUIRES CREATIVE THINKING, COLLABORATIVE PLANNING, AND A WILLINGNESS TO RESHAPE UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES Best Practices Innovative Retention Programs and Practices DR TIA BROWN MCNAIR Senior Director for Student Success Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 09:10 USING TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS THINKING DR WYNAND GOOSEN Chief Executive Officer INFOMAGE RIMS GROUP 10:30 HOW COLLEGES ORGANIZE THEMSELVES TO INCREASE STUDENT PERSISTENCE - Research and Assessment on Student Retention - Orientation - Early Warning - Faculty-Student Interaction PROFESSOR PATRICK AZERE PHIRI Director, Centre for Academic Development COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY, ZAMBIA

7 Outline Day two (cont.) 11:00 Mid-Morning Refreshments 11:30 MINI WORKSHOP: Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive Student Success Plan [SSP] for Higher education the resources they need to excel Benefits and issues to be discussed Programs and Practices further education AN EVIDENCE-BASED STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMPLETION HOLISTIC STUDENT SUPPORT and Academic Outcomes PROF IVOR SARAKINSKY Academic Director UNIVERSITY OF WITSWATERSRAND 16:15 Chairman s Closing Remarks

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